Babies for Sale

Babies for Sale
Author: Linda T. Austin
Publisher: Praeger
Total Pages: 200
Release: 1993-06-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

In 1950, the Governor of Tennessee called for an investigation of the Tennessee Children's Home black market baby operations, said to have grossed $1 million for Georgia Tann, the superintendent of the local branch of the home. Tann was accused of fraudulently persuading pregnant mothers to relinquish their children. A number of Hollywood celebrities adopted children through the home, namely Joan Crawford, June Allyson, and Dick Powell. During the investigation, local attorneys and justices were found to be part of the scandalous network of adoption that allowed adoptive parents to be out-of-state residents. The story is dramatic and shows southern politics at its worst--congenial, respected public figures running shady deals in the back room. Thousands of children were placed in adopted homes during the agency's operation. Each case is a fascinating story involving the search and reunion of adopted children with their natural families.

Babies for Sale?

Babies for Sale?
Author: Miranda Davies
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.
Total Pages: 231
Release: 2017-03-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1783607041

Transnational surrogacy – the creation of babies across borders – has become big business. Globalization, reproductive technologies, new family formations and rising infertility are combining to produce a 'quiet revolution' in social and medical ethics and the nature of parenthood. Whereas much of the current scholarship has focused on the US and India, this groundbreaking anthology offers a far wider perspective. Featuring contributions from over thirty activists and scholars from a range of countries and disciplines, this collection offers the first genuinely international study of transnational surrogacy. Its innovative bottom-up approach, rooted in feminist perspectives, gives due prominence to the voices of those most affected by the global surrogacy chain, namely the surrogate mothers, donors, prospective parents and the children themselves. Through case studies ranging from Israel to Mexico, the book outlines the forces that are driving the growth of transnational surrogacy, as well as its implications for feminism, human rights, motherhood and masculinity.

Dr. Seuss's Book of Animals

Dr. Seuss's Book of Animals
Author: Dr. Seuss
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 37
Release: 2018-01-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1524770558

An easy reader about animals—real and imaginary—with illustrations by Dr. Seuss! Featuring a mix of real animals and Seussian creatures, this super-simple rhymed riff about animals is both a concept book AND a funny introduction to the world of Dr. Seuss. Illustrated with art from beloved Dr. Seuss books—including One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish,Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?, and Dr. Seuss's ABC—it teaches beginning readers to identify animals in the world around them and ones only found in classic books by Dr. Seuss! Nurture a love of reading—and of Seussian creatures—with this great new concept book for beginning readers!

Banished Babies

Banished Babies
Author: Mike Milotte
Publisher: New Island Books
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2011
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781848401259

The story of a baby traffic organized by nuns, sanctioned by an archbishop, administered by civil servants and approved by politicians - all of whose main concern was secrecy. Mike Milotte's damning expose of Church-State collusion in banishing thousands of vulnerable 'illegitimate' children from Ireland in the 1950s and 60s

The Baby Business

The Baby Business
Author: Debora L. Spar
Publisher: Harvard Business Press
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2006-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781591396208

Argues that recent advances in infertility treatment has led to the commercialization of children and that the field should be regulated by the government.

Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb: Read & Listen Edition

Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb: Read & Listen Edition
Author: Al Perkins
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2011-11-30
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0307978265

The classic Beginner Book is now available with delightful audio narration. A madcap band of dancing, prancing monkeys explain hands, fingers, and thumbs to beginning readers. Bright and Early Books are perfect for beginning beginner readers! Launched by Dr. Seuss in 1968 with The Foot Book, Bright and Early Books use fewer and easier words than Beginner Books. Readers just starting to recognize words and sound out letters will love these short books with colorful illustrations. This ebook includes Read & Listen audio narration.

Computer Engineering for Babies

Computer Engineering for Babies
Author: Chase Roberts
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021-10-20
Genre:
ISBN: 9781735208701

An introduction to computer engineering for babies. Learn basic logic gates with hands on examples of buttons and an output LED.

Baby Food

Baby Food
Author: Stefanie Paige Wieder
Publisher: Barefoot Books
Total Pages: 16
Release: 2019-02-28
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1782857540

Baby Food offers an inclusive view of all the ways babies enjoy their food: bottle-feeding, nursing, self-feeding, eating with family members and more. High-contrast photographs of faces and chic, contemporary graphic design make this an eye-catching board book for mealtime or any time.

Taken at Birth

Taken at Birth
Author: Jane Blasio
Publisher: Revell
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2021-07-13
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1493430572

From the 1940s through the 1960s, young pregnant women entered the front door of a clinic in a small North Georgia town. Sometimes their babies exited out the back, sold to northern couples who were desperate to hold a newborn in their arms. But these weren't adoptions--they were transactions. And one unethical doctor was exploiting other people's tragedies. Jane Blasio was one of those babies. At six, she learned she was adopted. At fourteen, she first saw her birth certificate, which led her to begin piecing together details of her past. Jane undertook a decades-long personal investigation to not only discover her own origins but identify and reunite other victims of the Hicks Clinic human trafficking scheme. Along the way she became an expert in illicit adoptions, serving as an investigator and telling her story on every major news network. Taken at Birth is the remarkable account of her tireless quest for truth, justice, and resolution. Perfect for book clubs, as well as those interested in inspirational stories of adoption, human trafficking, and true crime.