Houston-Area Birth Tourism Center Shut Down In Legal Action
22nd September 2026
A birth tourism operation in the Houston area has agreed to close in a settlement, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Friday.
The center “unlawfully facilitated over 1,000 births to foreign Chinese nationals,” Paxton posted on X.
Paxton’s office first sued the operation in late April, stating the De’Ai Postpartum Care Center primarily helped Chinese nationals travel to Texas to give birth and secure U.S. citizenship for their children.
The center had operated for years across multiple Houston-area properties. Locations included sites in Sugar Land, Houston, Richmond, and Rosenberg, according to details from the original state lawsuit.