The Baby Died. Whose Fault Is It? | WIRED
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When her son died in utero, a venture capitalist went to extremes to punish her surrogate.
Cindy Bi is not supposed to be telling me this story. First, there’s the confidentiality clause. When Bi, a venture capitalist who claims to have invested in a dozen unicorns, hired a surrogate to carry her only male embryo in 2023, both parties agreed to keep the details private and away from the media. Then there’s the restraining order against Bi, followed by a court-ordered agreement saying she would not so much as mention the “surrogate” involved in Baby Leon’s stillbirth. Finally, there are social norms to consider when publicly attacking the woman who says she almost died carrying…
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