Parents Turn to Internet to Give Away Foreign Adoptees

Name: Parents Turn to Internet to Give Away Foreign Adoptees
Uploaded: 2013-09-12T01:23:18Z
Duration: P477S
Description: Called "re-homing," some parents use the Internet to find new families for their foreign adoptees if they decide they no longer want them. A Reuters investigation found many of the unwanted kids are abused after being transferred. Jeffrey Brown talks to Reuters' Megan Twohey and Adam Pertman of the Donaldson Adoption Institute.

Clip: 09/11/2013 | 7m 57s

Called "re-homing," some parents use the Internet to find new families for their foreign adoptees if they decide they no longer want them. A Reuters investigation found many of the unwanted kids are abused after being transferred. Jeffrey Brown talks to Reuters' Megan Twohey and Adam Pertman of the Donaldson Adoption Institute.

Aired: 09/11/13

Rating: NR

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