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Baby Brokers

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Have lax laws left the for-profit adoption industry ripe for misconduct?

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Have lax laws left the for-profit adoption industry ripe for misconduct? FRONTLINE and Retro Report investigate how so-called baby brokers have targeted pregnant women and families looking to adopt, and an epicenter of the problem in Utah.

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