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EXCLUSIVE: Revealed - the Filipino baby and teen mom at center of human trafficking claim: Utah woman posed as newborn's aunt

EXCLUSIVE: Revealed - the Filipino baby and teen mom at center of human trafficking claim: Utah woman posed as newborn's aunt 'to smuggle him to U.S. in her carry-on for Mormon blessing'

Jennifer Talbot, 42, claimed she was the aunt of a six-day-old baby after she was allegedly caught trying to 'smuggle' the child on a flight from Manila to Detroit

She was carrying an affidavit of consent and support from Maicris Dulap, 19, of Mt Diwata, who gave birth to baby Andrew on August 29, on September 4

The document, obtained by DailyMail.com reveals the teen mom stated the child was traveling to the US with his 'aunt' to meet his dying great-grandmother

She also said the baby was to receive a membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and American medical vaccines

SA Government plans to increase state care adoptions, excluding Aboriginal children

Aboriginal children will be excluded from a plan to boost adoptions of children in state care in South Australia because of cultural sensitivities around the Stolen Generation, the State Government says.

Key points:

The South Australian Government has begun consulting on a plan to increase open adoptions of children in state care

The open adoptions will exclude Aboriginal children

No children have been adopted out of state care in the past five years

SA Government plans to increase state care adoptions, excluding Aboriginal children

Aboriginal children will be excluded from a plan to boost adoptions of children in state care in South Australia because of cultural sensitivities around the Stolen Generation, the State Government says.

Key points:

The South Australian Government has begun consulting on a plan to increase open adoptions of children in state care

The open adoptions will exclude Aboriginal children

No children have been adopted out of state care in the past five years

Foster care: Why child adoption is the answer for abandoned children

After losing his parents, Elvis Izabayo, a TV presenter, had no option but to stay in an orphanage.

Though he managed to forge a living, life was never easy growing up in an orphanage.

He recalls being exposed to abuse, exploitation, neglect, and lack of love and care from parents. It was so painful that he lived with these scars for so many years.

“This affected me and some of my other colleagues that even when we left the place, we had to battle emotional and behavioral issues. I was emotionally needy, insecure, and poor,” he recalls.

Five years ago, the Government embarked on a mission to close orphanages and other children’s institutions and reintegrate the children into family-based care.

Adoption in the Philippines

Amid what appears to be a baby smuggling incident, how does one properly adopt a child? Social Welfare Undersecretary Flor Villar and Attorney Rod Nepomuceno joins us to talk about adoption in the Philippines.

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Baby smuggling at Philippines airport was part of an illegal adoption: authorities

An American woman is facing life in prison for brokering an illegal adoption online with a teenage girl from the Philippines and trying to smuggle the 6-day-old boy out of the country, officials said.

Jennifer Erin Talbot, 43, was busted on Wednesday as she allegedly tried to board a Detroit-bound flight at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila with the Filipino infant hidden in a sling bag.

Talbot, who says she has five children and owns a home in Sandy, Utah, was paraded before the media in handcuffs on Thursday as she was charged with human trafficking and kidnapping.

“The child’s situation must have been very difficult during the time that he was put inside that bag,” said Auralyn Pascual, a spokeswoman for the Philippines’ National Bureau of Investigation.

Security-camera images released by the Philippine Bureau of Immigration show the carry-on bag in which the boy was allegedly being held slung behind Talbot’s body as she sneaked past Filipino immigration officials.

Damages claim by woman who gave up daughter for adoption

Woman (56) says she was coerced into having her baby adopted nearly 40 years ago.

The High Court has dismissed a damages action against the Adoption Authority of Ireland brought by a 56-year-old woman who claims she was coerced into having her baby daughter adopted nearly 40 years ago.

The woman sued both the Adoption Authority (AAI) and an accredited adoption agency, Cúnamh, for personal injuries and an alleged breach of constitutional rights arising out of the adoption of her baby in 1979.

The woman, who gave birth when she was 16 years of age, also claimed the authority had failed to ensure that she was in a position to give informed consent to the adoption of her child.

In a pretrial motion, the authority sought to have her action struck out on grounds including that the case was statute-barred and over the lengthy delay by the woman in bringing the proceedings.