Cindy Bi hired a surrogate to carry her only male embryo in 2023 under a confidentiality agreement. A restraining order and a court-ordered gag provision bar Bi from mentioning the surrogate involved in Baby Leon's stillbirth. Bi compiled nearly 3,000 items of legal filings, reports, correspondence, and communications while describing herself as a whistleblower protecting unborn children via surrogacy. Bi has incurred nearly a million dollars in legal bills since 2024 and seeks to expose and criminally punish the surrogate. American surrogacy is a roughly $5 billion industry in 2024 and is projected to grow substantially, with notable uptake in Silicon Valley.
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.
Bi considers herself a whistleblower out to protect "unborn children via surrogacy." Her website invokes scripture: "Establish justice in the courts. Amos 5:15." Indeed, Bi has racked up nearly a million dollars in legal bills since 2024, in what she views as a fight to honor her son. "I want the surrogate to be known for what she did, to be set as an example," Bi tells me. "I hope she goes to jail." Ideally, for murder.
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