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Baby-farming

Baby-farming was a term used in the Victorian era, meaning generally the taking in of (usually illegitimate) infants to nurse for payment, but usually with an implication of improper treatment. More recently, the term has been used to describe the sale of eggs for use in in vitro fertilization.

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