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Stephanie, my reading of the article was that most kids being abducted were under 3 months of age. The older kids (like age 6) were being sold into prostitution or servitude.
The LA Times is an extremely respectable paper. It'd be too convenient to dismiss this--parents of adopted children have a vested interest in making sure our children were not "bought" and whose parents were not coerced.
If it's true that young babies in China or anywhere are being sold to orphanages, that is a real problem for everyone, and the sooner the issue is resolved the better! Otherwise, it can threaten adoption and the homes for kids who truly need them.
Sticking our heads into the sand is not the answer!
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