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Baby factories taint surrogacy in Nigeria
Reproductive BioMedicine Online
Vol. 32Issue 1p6–8Published online: October 14, 2015
- Olusesan Ayodeji Makinde
- Olufunmbi Olukemi Makinde
- Olalekan Olaleye
- Brandon Brown
- Clifford O. Odimegwu
Cited in Scopus: 11
The practice of reproductive medicine in Nigeria is facing new challenges with the proliferation of ‘baby factories’. Baby factories are buildings, hospitals or orphanages that have been converted into places for young girls and women to give birth to children for sale on the black market, often to infertile couples, or into trafficking rings. This practice illegally provides outcomes (children) similar to surrogacy. While surrogacy has not been well accepted in this environment, the proliferation of baby factories further threatens its acceptance.