How Agencies & Brokers Lure Pregnant Women for ‘Adoption Tourism’ | FRONTLINE + @RETROREPORT

Summary

This analysis highlights the exploitative practices within loosely regulated adoption systems, particularly in Utah, where "adoption tourism" is facilitated by online advertising and unlicensed brokers. Pregnant women from unstable backgrounds are lured to these states with monetary incentives, leading to a transactional adoption industry that prioritizes finding children for adoptive parents over the well-being of birth mothers. The takeaway is a call for increased regulation and ethical oversight in adoption processes to protect vulnerable individuals.