Inside the corrupted world of commercial surrogacy | 60 Minutes Australia

It’s the biggest gamble childless couples wanting to experience the wonder of parenthood can take: the decision to venture down the complicated and all too often corrupted path of commercial surrogacy. In Australia, paying someone to carry a baby for you is illegal, but it’s a different story in countries like Mexico where laws are open to greater interpretation. There, making babies has become a big but very risky business. David and Nicky Beard were so desperate to become dads they paid a huge amount of money to a baby broker in Mexico. What should have been the happiest time of their lives became a Mexican stand-off as these new dads faced coming home without their newborn babies. WATCH more of 60 Minutes Australia: https://www.60minutes.com.au LIKE 60 Minutes Australia on Facebook:   / 60minutes9   FOLLOW 60 Minutes Australia on Twitter:   / 60mins   FOLLOW 60 Minutes Australia on Instagram:   / 60minutes9   For forty years, 60 Minutes have been telling Australians the world’s greatest stories. Tales that changed history, our nation and our lives. Reporters Liz Hayes, Allison Langdon, Tara Brown, Charles Wooley, Liam Bartlett and Sarah Abo look past the headlines because there is always a bigger picture. Sundays are for 60 Minutes. #60MinutesAustralia

Damaged Babies & Broken Hearts: Ukraine's commercial surrogacy industry | Foreign Correspondent
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Damaged Babies & Broken Hearts: Ukraine's commercial surrogacy industry | Foreign Correspondent

Babies Wanted: Meet the Aussie women desperately searching for egg donors | 60 Minutes Australia
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Babies Wanted: Meet the Aussie women desperately searching for egg donors | 60 Minutes Australia

Sperm donor plans to father 2500 children | 60 Minutes Australia
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Sperm donor plans to father 2500 children | 60 Minutes Australia

Modern miracle or exploitation? Inside the costly and controversial world of surrogacy | Compass
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Modern miracle or exploitation? Inside the costly and controversial world of surrogacy | Compass

What Drove This Nurse To Kill Multiple Children? (Born To Kill) | Our Life
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What Drove This Nurse To Kill Multiple Children? (Born To Kill) | Our Life

Australian parents abandon surrogate child with Down Syndrome | 60 Minutes Australia
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Australian parents abandon surrogate child with Down Syndrome | 60 Minutes Australia

The extreme, off-the-grid lifestyle that’s torn a family apart | 60 Minutes Australia
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The extreme, off-the-grid lifestyle that’s torn a family apart | 60 Minutes Australia

Abandoned babies, forged birth records: Surrogacy in the Philippines | 101 East Documentary
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Abandoned babies, forged birth records: Surrogacy in the Philippines | 101 East Documentary

Shocking IVF mix up: Woman gives birth to someone else's child | 60 Minutes Australia
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Shocking IVF mix up: Woman gives birth to someone else's child | 60 Minutes Australia

Exposing Mexico's Surrogacy Industry
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Exposing Mexico's Surrogacy Industry

'Re-homing': America's shocking trade in unwanted children | 60 Minutes Australia
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'Re-homing': America's shocking trade in unwanted children | 60 Minutes Australia

How Far Would You Go to Become a Mum? | $200,000 Egg Donation Journey
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How Far Would You Go to Become a Mum? | $200,000 Egg Donation Journey

Fear of Losing Custody Ended in a Life Sentence | Deadly Lust | Season 1 Episode 6
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Fear of Losing Custody Ended in a Life Sentence | Deadly Lust | Season 1 Episode 6

Surrogate babies born via their grandmother and aunt | Australian Story
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Surrogate babies born via their grandmother and aunt | Australian Story

Life on the Breadline: Children Reveal the Shocking Reality of Poverty and Homelessness
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Life on the Breadline: Children Reveal the Shocking Reality of Poverty and Homelessness

Celebrities Who Became Parents Through Surrogacy |⭐ OSSA
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Celebrities Who Became Parents Through Surrogacy |⭐ OSSA

A parent's impossible choice: saving siblings with rare Sanfilippo syndrome | 60 Minutes Australia
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A parent's impossible choice: saving siblings with rare Sanfilippo syndrome | 60 Minutes Australia

The wrong sperm, destroyed embryos, and the fight against the IVF giants | Four Corners
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The wrong sperm, destroyed embryos, and the fight against the IVF giants | Four Corners

Suddenly a millionaire : The curse of winning the lottery
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Suddenly a millionaire : The curse of winning the lottery

Surprised by Five: Naturally conceived quintuplets! | 60 Minutes Australia
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Surprised by Five: Naturally conceived quintuplets! | 60 Minutes Australia