# Choosing Babies ft. Lexi Ellingsworth

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Podcast: [In Sync](https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-sync-7066950)
Published: 2026-04-15T16:10:32+00:00
Episode link: https://echoesmedia.podbean.com/e/choosing-babies-ft-lexi-ellingsworth/
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## Resource

It feels weird when we say we can buy babies. But in many parts of the world, surrogacy - which allows prospective parents to pay a woman to have a baby for them is still allowed. Of course it's not as simple as that, so we dove into the complex world of surrogacy in our latest episode In today's episode, host Anmol Irfan is joined by Lexi Ellingsworth of Stop Surrogacy Now UK, an advocate campaigning against the legalisation of surrogacy and calling for protections for both mothers and babies. We dive deeper into what people still misunderstand about surrogacy, the story the media puts out and why it matters so much to prioritise the right voices Follow Echoes Media for more slow news on the Global South

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