"Miracle babies" or baby trafficking?LONDON -- Reports of "miracle babies" born to childless couples in Britain is causing concern over what may be a baby trafficking scheme promoted by a rapidly growing church group. The women travel to Kenya to "give birth". Church of England Church of England: see England, Church of. officials, who had been investigating claims of exorcism called attention to the babies. Their suspicions were supported by Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynecology obstetrics and gynecology Medical and surgical specialty concerned with the management of pregnancy and childbirth and with the health of the female reproductive system. who found cases in which the DNA DNA: see nucleic acid. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid One of two types of nucleic acid (the other is RNA); a complex organic compound found in all living cells and many viruses. It is the chemical substance of genes. of the parents and the babies did not match. A BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. report indicates that the church leader prays over the childless women, and they are pronounced pregnant by Jesus. The women go to a clinic in Nairobi where they remain until they give birth". The women appear to be convinced that they have actually been pregnant and gave birth. The absence of DNA matching does not disturb the parents or the church leader, because it is a "miracle". |
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