LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — Tina Franklin has given birth to 10 babies, but only three of them are her own. She’s been a surrogate mother for the other seven — a set of twins, a set of triplets and two single pregnancies for other people.
Now 37, Franklin’s last pregnancy was in February, and she says it will be her last. But her experience has led the Washington woman to start a business in Rainier, Ore.
She opened the Oregon Surrogacy Center last month because it’s legal to compensate surrogate mothers in Oregon, but not Washington.
The Daily News of Longview reports surrogate mothers can earn between $18,000 and $30,000. In addition the intended parents pay medical expenses and legal fees.
