(LifeSiteNews) — A California woman who is carrying a child via a surrogacy contract was astonished to learn that the child’s father is a Chinese billionaire who has already commissioned a reported 100-300 children born to American surrogates.
CBS News broke the news to the yet-to-be-born child’s surrogate mother after it obtained leaked documents naming the father as Xu Bo, a wealthy Chinese recluse who built a video game empire.
The woman, identified by CBS as “Judy” to protect her privacy, is a single mom of a seven-year-old who was lured by an ad offering $120,000 to women to become a surrogate. Her daughter currently lives with her father, and Judy saw this as an opportunity to buy a home of her own in order “to build a better life for me and my daughter.”
The agency brokering the surrogacy deal, Patriot Conceptions, told Judy that the intended father was a single man looking to expand his family.
She was shocked when she learned the identity of the father of the child in her womb.
“I feel blindsided, I feel misled,” said the surrogate mom, who was 12 weeks’ pregnant at the time that she spoke with CBS News.
“It feels like he’s creating an army. That’s crazy … I don’t understand what the motive is. I just know that it’s going to be hard for the children.”
When Judy learned that she was one of more than 20 surrogates who Xu Bo is currently working with, she said that she started to feel like she’s part of a baby factory.
“The agency should’ve been very transparent from before getting matched … about who it is that you’re having a baby for and what the family is,” Judy told CBS.
According to CBS, Judy has asked to meet Xu Bo at least five times, without success.
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“It leaves me wondering: do I even have a right to know?” the surrogate mom said.
“It’s just a really crappy thing to be a part of,” Judy said. “I mean, you don’t even think like, this could be legal. Like, everyone every step of the way tells him yes and allows this, and is like, creating these agreements, and then it’s just up to the surrogate at that point who has half of the information.”
For his part, the Chinese billionaire has said in a statement that “having more children brings more blessings” and that he is starving for the development of the Chinese nation, according to the CBS report.
Because Xu Bo’s children obtained through U.S. surrogates are born in the United States, they hold U.S. citizenship. So, though they are raised in Communist China, they will not only be able to vote in U.S. elections but will be eligible to hold U.S. political office, including the presidency once they reach age 35.
“Look at this terrifying photo! At first, I thought it was AI-generated, but it turns out it wasn’t!” Jennifer Zeng exclaimed in an alarming X post.
“This is something Chinese tycoon Xu Bo himself posted on the official Weibo of his company Duoyi Network: more than 100 American babies he obtained through surrogacy services!” Zeng said.
“Xu Bo’s former partner, Tang Jing, once claimed that Xu Bo has at least 300 children,” she explained. “However, Xu Bo only admits to having more than 100.”
Zeng then shared a screenshot confirming that the photo had been posted on Bo’s Weibo company account. Weibo is one of China’s premier social media platforms.
Katy Faust, founder and president of the global children’s rights organization Them Before Us, spelled out both the moral problem and the national security threat posed by surrogacy, calling it a “Trojan horse.”
“Surrogacy about infertile couples having babies,” Faust wrote at the time. “That Trojan horse allows Big Fertility to manufacture 100+ American citizens to single Chinese billionaires.”
“100 motherless babies is enough of a tragedy,” Faust declared. “The national security threat? Should be the nail in the coffin.”
Bo’s case is far from unique. In fact, it’s indicative of a troubling trend.
After publication of a Wall Street Journal exposé, Republican U.S. Sens. Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Rick Scott of Florida earlier this year sent a letter to the Department of Justice asking for an investigation into “surrogacy centers operated by foreign nationals.”
“Alarming reports indicate that Chinese nationals are systematically exploiting America’s surrogacy and birthright citizenship laws,” the senators wrote.
“These children will eventually be eligible to vote in American elections, access sensitive positions, or otherwise advance Beijing’s interests, all while owing their allegiance to the CCP,” Cotton and Scott wrote, referring to the Chinese Communist Party.
They suggested there could be a “long-term strategy” in play “to ideologically and systematically undermine the United States.”
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https://www.rickscott.senate.gov/services/files/A66747B4-9C3D-4939-...
### 1. Congress has introduced legislation specifically targeting this
The most directly relevant proposal is the **SAFE KIDS Act — S. 3101 / H.R. 7040**, the *Stopping Adversarial Foreign Exploitation of Kids in Domestic Surrogacy Act*.
It would **void commercial surrogacy agreements involving citizens of designated foreign-adversary countries**, including China, Iran, Russia and North Korea, with a limited exception involving a spouse who is a U.S. citizen or green-card holder. It would also make knowingly brokering a prohibited arrangement a misdemeanor. ([ASRM][1])
The House version, H.R. 7040, was introduced January 13, 2026 and referred to the House Judiciary Committee. ([GovInfo][2])
### 2. The Senate actually tried to move it forward
This is important because it isn't merely an obscure bill sitting in Congress.
On **July 30, 2026**, Sen. Rick Scott said the Senate had considered his SAFE KIDS legislation and that it was **blocked from passage**. The proposal specifically addressed foreign adversaries using American surrogates to obtain U.S.-born children. ([Rick Scott Senate][3])
So **as of now, the federal government has not enacted a general federal ban**, but Congress is actively attempting to create one.
### 3. There is an even broader bill
On **June 3, 2026**, Rep. Scott Perry introduced **H.R. 9132, the Preventing International Surrogacy Exploitation Act**.
This is considerably broader. Its stated purpose is:
> “To prohibit foreign nationals from entering into or enforcing surrogacy contracts in the United States.”
It was referred to the House Judiciary Committee. ([GovInfo][4])
Under the proposal, certain surrogacy contracts involving foreign nationals would be void, and brokers facilitating prohibited arrangements could face **up to 10 years in prison**. ([ASRM][1])
### 4. The administration has also acted on birth tourism
On **August 6, 2026**, President Trump issued an executive order titled **“Ending Birth Tourism.”** It targets the use of U.S. immigration status to enter the country specifically to give birth and obtain U.S. citizenship for a child. ([The White House][5])
However, **birth tourism and surrogacy aren't identical legal situations**. A foreign person hiring an American gestational surrogate is a different fact pattern from a foreign pregnant woman entering the United States herself to give birth.
### 5. There was also a request for a DOJ investigation
Sen. Rick Scott and other senators sent Attorney General Pam Bondi a letter in February 2026 asking the **Department of Justice to investigate foreign-owned surrogacy agencies**, particularly allegations involving Chinese nationals.
The letter specifically asked DOJ whether it had identified potential violations involving **immigration fraud, human trafficking, or foreign-agent laws**, and requested information about the number of foreign-owned surrogacy agencies. ([Rick Scott Senate][6])
### What has NOT happened
This is the crucial distinction:
**It is not currently a blanket federal crime for a Chinese citizen, simply because he or she is Chinese, to enter a lawful U.S. surrogacy arrangement.**
Some states have started imposing their own restrictions. **Florida's 2026 law**, for example, voids certain gestational-surrogacy contracts when a party is a citizen or resident of a designated “foreign country of concern.” ([ASRM][1])
And the State Department's current guidance explicitly says that **children born in the United States acquire U.S. citizenship at birth regardless of whether ART or surrogacy was used**. ([Family Member Support][7])
So the situation you saw in Katy Faust's post is **now a subject of active federal legislation and national-security debate**, rather than something the federal government has simply ignored.
One thing I'd be careful about, though: **the claim that one Chinese billionaire has already fathered 100+ U.S.-born children through surrogacy is currently an allegation reported by political advocates and cited in congressional statements; it is not the same thing as a finding by DOJ or a court.** Sen. Scott's February letter makes the claim, but the letter itself asks DOJ to investigate the underlying situation. ([Rick Scott Senate][6])
If you want, I can **dig into that specific “100+ children to one Chinese billionaire” case and find out who the man is, what evidence exists, and whether the U.S. government has actually investigated him.**
[1]: https://www.asrm.org/advocacy-and-policy/fact-sheets-and-one-pagers... "The Current Landscape of International/Foreign Intended Parentage (IP) Exclusion Laws | American Society for Reproductive Medicine | ASRM"
[2]: https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-119hr7040ih?utm_source=ch... "H.R. 7040 (IH) - Stopping Adversarial Foreign Exploitation of Kids In Domestic Surrogacy Act - BILLS-119hr7040ih | Content Details | GovInfo"
[3]: https://www.rickscott.senate.gov/2026/7/democrats-block-sen-scott-s... "Democrats Block Sen. Scott’s ‘SAFE KIDS Act’ as Support Grows for Ending Birth T..."
[4]: https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-119hr9132ih?utm_source=ch... "H.R. 9132 (IH) - Preventing International Surrogacy Exploitation Act - BILLS-119hr9132ih | Content Details | GovInfo"
[5]: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/08/ending-birt... "Ending Birth Tourism – The White House"
[6]: https://www.rickscott.senate.gov/services/files/A66747B4-9C3D-4939-... "2.26.26 Bondi Letter"
[7]: https://fam.state.gov/FAM/08FAM/08FAM030403.html?utm_source=chatgpt... "8 FAM 304.3 ACQUISITION OF U.S. CITIZENSHIP AT BIRTH - ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY"