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Surrogacy As Human Trafficking

April 11, 2014 • by Elise Hilton

Surrogacy As Human Trafficking

According to the Polaris Project, human trafficking is defined as, Human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery where people profit from the control and exploitation of others. As defined under U.S. Continue Reading...

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Surrogacy As Human Trafficking

Surrogacy As Human Trafficking

Latest Posts

Kishore Jayabalan on ‘Faith, State, and the Economy’

How Bitcoin Could Help the World’s Poor

More War On Women: Surrogacy, Exploitation And Extortion

Lessons in creative destruction from ‘Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel’

Put Not Thy Trust In Politics

Obamacare: America Says ‘Meh’

Is It Even Possible To Be Both Pro-Business and Pro-Market?

Religious Left Wants to Keep Fossil Fuels in the Ground – Forever

The ‘Transformational Quartet’ of Christian Stewardship

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