>> WELCOME BACK TO THE BUSINESS
OF BABIES FROM
KIM CARR FASHION WEST ANDY
COHEN MORE CELEBS HAVE BEEN
USING FAIR GETS TO GROW THEIR
FAMILIES BUT THIS ISN'T JUST
HAPPENING
>> HOLLYWOOD MADE IN BOISE
EXPLORES THE LIVES OF 4 WOMEN
WHO CARRY BABIES AS SURROGATES
IN
BOISE, IDAHO. IT'S ESTIMATED
THAT ONE IN 15 WOMEN WOKE
CARRY A BABY FOR STRANGER AT
SOME POINT IN HER LIFE I SAT
DOWN WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE
FILM
AND THE CEO OF A HOST OF
POSSIBILITIES SURROGACY AGENCY
NICOL WILLIAMSON. TAKE A LOOK
AT WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY ABOUT
BOISE IDAHO BEING AN EPICENTER
FOR SURROGACY.
>> WHEN I FOUND THE STORY
I LEARNED ABOUT SAINT LUKE'S
HOSPITAL, SO OF A
HOSPITAL THERE AND THEY HAVE
THE LARGEST AND BEST SERVICE A
PROGRAM OF ITS KIND IN THE
UNITED STATES.
>> AND THEN YOU COUPLE THAT
WITH A WOMAN
LIKE NICOLE AND AS THIS AMAZING
AGENCY THAT'S FAMILY AND REALLY
TAKES CARE OF THE FAMILY SHE
WORKS WITH.
AND THEN YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT
THE COST I MEAN AS MUCH CHEAPER
IN BOISE THEN IT IS SAYING
CALIFORNIA WHERE
YOU KNOW SURROGACY IS HAS BEEN
HAPPENING FOR A
LONG TIME. AND THEN JUST MY
EXPERIENCE VOICES LIKE THIS
INCREDIBLE PLACE TO BE SO IF
YOU WANT TO HAVE
A BABY. AND YOU HAVE TO GO
SOMEWHERE IT'S QUITE LOVELY TO
SPEND A LOT OF TIME THAT IT WAS
GREAT FOR YOU KNOW AS
A FILMMAKER TO BE ABLE TO
TRAVEL THERE AND MAKE A
FILM THERE.
>> OK SO YOU WERE SERVED 4
TIMES AND YOU DO HAVE 2 KIDS
YOURSELF RIGHT SO SAYS PREGNANT
6 TIMES.
>> TELL US ABOUT THIS JOURNEY
AND I KNOW I HAVE ONE DAUGHTER
I COULDN'T AND EVEN IMAGINE
DOING THIS AT ALL PHYSICAL WHAT
IS
IT LIKE.
>> AND I LOVE BEING PREGNANT I
FEEL THE BEST WHEN PREGNANT AS
OF HAVING MY
♪
>> BELLY AND AND.
IT WAS AMAZING, I MEAN WHEN THE
PARENTS HOLD THE BABY FOR THE
FIRST
TIME THAT'S A FEELING YOU CAN
EVER EXPLAIN I'VE SEEN THEM
♪
HOLD THEIR BABY KNOWING THAT
THEY'VE WANTED THIS FOR SO LONG
AND JUST BEING ABLE TO HELP
THEM.
>> THEIR FAMILY LIKE IT'S HUGE.
>> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
LAWS THAT'S AND SARA YOU SEE
BECAUSE THIS IS NEW RIGHT AND I
KNOW THAT THE LAWS ARE A BIT
DIFFERENT FROM STATE
TO STATE.
>> SO WHAT
ARE YOU LEGALLY WHERE DO THINGS
STAND WITH WITH SURROGACY A
BATH AND BOISE.
>> A DOESN'T NATIONALLY
SO YOU THE STATE BY STATE THE
LAWS ARE DIFFERENT
THERE'S ONLY.
>> NOW THERE'S ONLY A HANDFUL
OF ALL THERE'S 2 STATES WHERE
IT'S ILLEGAL TO PAY SOMEBODY TO
CARRY
A BABY TO BE A SURROGATE TO BE
JUST SAY SO JUST A SHUL CARRIER
AND THAT'S NEW YORK AND
MICHIGAN. WHILE I WAS FILMING
THAT INCLUDED WASHINGTON STATE
THAT INCLUDED A DC NEW JERSEY.
I MEAN THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
STATES THAT KIND OF
CHANGE THEIR LAWS OVER THE
COURSE OF FILM
AND THERE'S A BUNCH OF STATES
THAT DON'T HAVE LAWS INCLUDING
IDAHO. AND SO THEY USE
CASE LAW TO KIND OF NAVIGATE
THE
SYSTEM AND YOU KNOW SO IT'S
VERY IMPORTANT FOR A GROUP OF
AND
I FOLLOW WHO MAKE SURE THAT
EVERYBODY IS SAFE EVERYBODY IS
PROTECTED AND SO THEY KIND OF
HAVE TO
NAVIGATE IT BECAUSE IT IS
SOMETHING
♪
THAT WAS HAPPENING IN THOUGH IN
RECENT YEARS.
>> WE'VE SEE A LOT OF CELEBS
WHO USE SURROGATES FOR TO GROW
THEIR FAMILIES CAN OUR DASH
GABRIELLE UNION ANDY
WAS RECENTLY. DO YOU THINK
THERE ANY MISCONCEPTIONS OUT
THERE ABOUT SERVICE E COST
ARGUE IS SOMEBODY WHO IT'S
REALLY ON THE FRONT LINES
OF THIS.
>> I THINK A HUGE MISCONCEPTION
IS THAT AND ONLY THE RICH
♪
CAN HAVE A SURROGATE AND WE
HAVE LOTS OF CONTINUE PARENTS
WHO.
SAVE THE MONEY TAKE OUT
MORTGAGES. I MEAN HAVE FAMILY
TO HELP THEM SO IT'S NOT A
SENSE FOR THE RICH IT'S FOR
EVERYBODY ANYBODY
♪
WHO NEEDS HELPED HAVE A
AT A MISCONCEPTION, IT'S THAT
IT'S
OUR BABY. AND THAT'S A HUGE
MISCONCEPTIONS NEVER OUR OWN
AGE AS A GESTATIONAL CARRIER,
IT'S ALWAYS AN EMBRYO THAT'S
ALREADY MEAN AND THEN WE JUST
CARRY DO YOU THINK THAT WILL
SEE THIS.
>> BECOMING MORE COMMONPLACE
AND WITH TECHNOLOGY CERTAINLY
IT'S ADVANCING EVERY AND SO
IT'S BECOMING MORE OF A REALITY
THAT IT IS INCREDIBLE TO
ALLOWING
PEOPLE WHO. IN SOME CASES COULD
NEVER HAVE FAMILIES TO REALLY
HAVE
A FAMILY. AND YOU THINK THAT
WE'RE GETTING WE'RE JUST SORT
OF AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS ERA
TO SEE.
>> YEAH, I MEAN I I MEAN LAST
20 YEARS SERVICE IN HIS
QUADRUPLE THE NUMBERS WELL AND
IN ALL IN JUST SPECIFIC
TO BOISE. WHEN ICE FOR STARTED
FILMING IT HAS NEARLY DOUBLED
THERE. SO THE BIRTH THAT YOU
SEE THERE ESPECIALLY OVER NOW,
I MEAN I THINK IT'S MORE
THAN DOUBLE THEM OUT OF SERVICE
A SERVICE, A PERCENT YOU'VE
SEEN SO YEAH
I THINK IT'S GROWING IS
BECOMING MORE ACCEPTED I THINK
ONCE PEOPLE LEARN LIKE THE YOU
KNOW
THE THE MEAT AND POTATOES OF IT
BECAUSE I THINK PEOPLE DO HAVE
MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT IT.
I THINK
IT'S LESS UNUSUAL OR STRANGE