A Business in Babies / Ravi Sharma.
by Sharma, Ravi; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2002Article 12Family. Publisher: Frontline Magazine, 2001ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Adoption -- Corrupt practices | Adoption -- Law and legislation | Intercountry adoption | Adoption -- India | Girls -- India | Infants | Lambadi (East Indian people)DDC classification: 050 Summary: A BUSINESS IN BABIES -- "Adoption agencies thrive on 'human trade' as the practice of selling female babies continues among the Lambadas on the Karnataka-Andhra Pradesh border." (FRONTLINE MAGAZINE) This article details "shocking instances of trade in female babies" among the Lambada population and examines the roles of adoption centers and middlemen involved in such transactions.Summary: CHILDREN AS COMMODITIES -- "The Andhra Pradesh government initiates action to check the adoption racket, but the lact of clarity about rules and procedures at various levels raises doubts about its effectiveness." (FRONTLINE MAGAZINE) The author reports that although the Andhra Pradesh government instituted a ban on "the 'relinquishment' of children by their biological parents," many find fault with the government's interference and worry whether the ban is in fact legal.
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This MARC record contains two articles.
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002.
Originally Published: A Business in Babies, May 11, 2001; pp. 46-48.
Originally Published: Children As Commodities, May 25, 2001; pp. 35-37.
A BUSINESS IN BABIES -- "Adoption agencies thrive on 'human trade' as the practice of selling female babies continues among the Lambadas on the Karnataka-Andhra Pradesh border." (FRONTLINE MAGAZINE) This article details "shocking instances of trade in female babies" among the Lambada population and examines the roles of adoption centers and middlemen involved in such transactions.
CHILDREN AS COMMODITIES -- "The Andhra Pradesh government initiates action to check the adoption racket, but the lact of clarity about rules and procedures at various levels raises doubts about its effectiveness." (FRONTLINE MAGAZINE) The author reports that although the Andhra Pradesh government instituted a ban on "the 'relinquishment' of children by their biological parents," many find fault with the government's interference and worry whether the ban is in fact legal.
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