KPFA - Making Contact

Mothers, Markets, and Migration: How South Korea Became a Major Source for International Adoptions


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In today’s episode, we look at how, over six decades after the Korean War, South Korea processed the most international adoptions in history and how the demand for a “domestic supply of (adoptable) infants” may be playing a role in increasing threats to autonomy over pregnancy in the U.S.

GUESTS:

  • Independent Producer and Founder of Rowhome Productions, Alex Lewis
  • Producer, Schuyler Swenson
  • Registered Midwife, Lydia Doublestein
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