Hey, remember when social conservatives were all up in arms about Planned Parenthood selling aborted fetuses? (Which was actually only Planned Parenthood recouping costs related to transportation and storage for medical research.)
I wonder if they'll be as up in arms about someone selling actual live babies...
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/arizona-county-assessor-accused-human-smuggling-sale-child-adoption-scheme-n1064116?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_maThe assessor of Maricopa County in Arizona, Paul Petersen, a Republican, has been indicted on charges of Medicaid fraud, human smuggling, and the sale of a child, along with forgery and attempted money laundering.
Petersen would bring in women from the Marshall Islands (where he spent time as an LDS missionary), have them give birth while living in crowded conditions, bill Medicaid for prenatal care (which was barely given, and illegal anyway since the women were not residents of Arizona), then send them back to the Marshall Islands or to Arkansas, while charging prospective adoptive parents anywhere from $25,000 to $40,000, pocketing around $2,700,000.
Birth parents and adoptive parents are being considered victims of Mr. Petersen's scheme, and authorities do not plan to undo any completed adoptions.