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100 1 _aSharma, Ravi.
245 1 2 _aA Business in Babies /
_cRavi Sharma.
260 _bFrontline Magazine,
_c2001.
440 0 _aSIRS Enduring Issues 2002.
_nArticle 12.
_pFamily,
_x1522-3213;
500 _aThis MARC record contains two articles.
500 _aArticles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002.
500 _aOriginally Published: A Business in Babies, May 11, 2001; pp. 46-48.
500 _aOriginally Published: Children As Commodities, May 25, 2001; pp. 35-37.
520 2 _aA 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.
520 _aCHILDREN 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.
599 _aRecords created from non-MARC resource.
650 0 _aAdoption
_xCorrupt practices.
650 0 _aAdoption
_xLaw and legislation.
650 0 _aIntercountry adoption.
650 0 _aAdoption
_zIndia.
650 0 _aGirls
_zIndia.
650 0 _aInfants.
650 0 _aLambadi (East Indian people)
710 2 _aSIRS Publishing, Inc.
_tSIRS Enduring Issues 2002.
_pFamily.,
_x1522-3213.
740 _aChildren As Commodities.
942 _c UKN
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