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The "Baby M" trial focuses on parental rights after surrogacy.

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In this case, a gestational carrier fights to retain her parental rights and invalidate a surrogacy contract. The judge upholds the contract, saying it is in the child's "best interest" to remain with the couple who contracted the surrogacy.

The "Baby M" case will set the stage for a global surrogacy market and the exploitation of women "surrogates" in the Global South.