Information AboutBaby-farming |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT BABY-FARMING | |
| infancy | |
| population | |
| child care occupations | |
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It was more profitable for the infant to die, since the small payment could not cover the care of the child. Some women were caught murdering these children, and were executed. Margaret Waters and Mary Hall were two infamous baby farmers. The Gilbert And Sullivan Operetta HMS Pinafore was a Satire that used baby farming to poke fun at class hierarchy and the British Navy . More recently, the term has been used to describe the sale of eggs for use in In Vitro Fertilization . |
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