For-Profit Adoptions & Misconduct Allegations (full documentary) | FRONTLINE (PBS) + Retro Report

Summary

This transcript explores the exploitation of vulnerable birth mothers within the multi-billion dollar adoption industry, particularly focusing on "baby brokers" who lure women from unstable backgrounds with promises of financial assistance and quick adoptions. The report highlights how a down birth rate and high demand from adoptive parents have commercialized the process, leading to "adoption tourism" in states like Utah, where less regulated practices facilitate the swift placement of infants, often with little time for birth mothers to consider their decisions.