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Micah Nerio had known since his early 30s that he wanted to be a father, even if he did not have a partner. He spent a decade saving up to pursue surrogacy, an expensive process where he would create embryos with his sperm and a donor’s eggs to transfer to a woman who would carry the pregnancy.
Eventually, Mr. Nerio, now 40, selected a surrogate, who is due to give birth to his baby next month. Since 2022, he has sent over $118,000 to the agency that found his surrogate — money that went into an account to cover her medical bills, monthly compensation and other costs through the end of the pregnancy.
About a third of that money disappeared on Friday when the agency, Surro Connections, closed without warning. Mr. Nerio received a brief email stating that the business, which had operated for 13 years, had “no ability” to return clients’ funds. He had no way to retrieve the $44,000 left in his account with the agency, which was to be used to pay his surrogate’s remaining expenses.
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