Thirteen women from the Philippines have been convicted on human trafficking-related charges for acting as surrogates in Cambodia for a ring selling babies to foreigners for cash.

Thirteen Filipino women recruited to be surrogate mothers in Cambodia have been convicted of human trafficking-related crimes. What happens now to the soon-to-be-born babies? Justice Undersecretary Nicholas Ty told reporters on Wednesday that while the Philippine officials are still discussing the babies’ fate with their Cambodian counterparts,

The Philippine government is in talks with the Cambodian government to bring home not just the 13 Filipino women convicted of trafficking, but the babies they are carrying as well, with at least one of the women already having given birth in jail.