Questions about surrogacy are raised in case of California couple with house brimming with kids

The removal of 21 children from a Los Angeles-area couple has put a spotlight on the practice of using surrogates to build a family. Surrogacy has no federal regulation, leaving it up to states to set the rules if they choose to allow it. The kids — 15 at the couple’s mansion and six more living elsewhere — were taken by a county child welfare agency in May. Police in Arcadia, California, had accused the parents of failing to intervene in abuse of a baby committed by a nanny. Some surrogates said they didn't know the couple already had a supersize family.