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(Ep 25) Is For-Profit Adoption Legal Human Trafficking?: Orphan Trains, Georgia Tann, & Dr. Thomas Hicks

Jan 10, 2023 · 59m 45s
(Ep 25) Is For-Profit Adoption Legal Human Trafficking?: Orphan Trains, Georgia Tann, & Dr. Thomas Hicks
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In today's episode, we kick off the new year by digging into the history of the for-profit adoption industry in America. We touch on key players like the Orphan Trains,...

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In today's episode, we kick off the new year by digging into the history of the for-profit adoption industry in America. We touch on key players like the Orphan Trains, Georgia Tann, and Appalachia's own Dr. Thomas Hicks. But first! We have some exciting announcements that you don't want to miss, and I take my first swing at covering some current events taking place in West Virginia.

This week's episode contains a TW for content related to child trafficking/abuse and issues related to adoption/reproduction/abortion/infertility.

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Resources & References:

1) Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate

2) https://news4sanantonio.com/news/nation-world/deputy-is-on-leave-after-fatally-striking-13-year-old-with-his-police-cruiser?fbclid=IwAR0-TjItVgNadl1YwNYmn81Jg64v0v-IfJwAa1foNI9YjCNPoX_o7s8GRCE#

3) https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/programs/child-welfarechild-labor/orphan-trains/

4) https://familytofamilysupport.org/2020/01/29/georgia-tann-legacy/

5) https://iu.pressbooks.pub/perspectives4/chapter/the-black-market-behind-adoption-in-modern-america/

6) https://www.chattanoogan.com/2020/3/8/404422/Jerry-Summers-Copperhill-McCaysville-s.aspx

7) https://www.adoptionbirthmothers.com/adoption-truth/adoption-industry/

8) https://shepherdexpress.com/news/features/exposing-the-for-profit-adoption-industry/

9) https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/10/adopt-baby-cost-process-hard/620258/

10) https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/07/when-abortion-was-illegal-adoption-was-a-cruel-industry-are-we-returning-to-those-days/

11) https://www.genome.gov/about-genomics/fact-sheets/Eugenics-and-Scientific-Racism

12) https://ihpi.umich.edu/news/forced-sterilization-policies-us-targeted-minorities-and-those-disabilities-and-lasted-21st

13) https://www.chsamerica.org/history
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