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Pregnant, alone and bused to Utah: How the state became a hub for out-of-state adoptions

Adoption agencies are paying for women to travel to Utah to give birth and place their children for adoption, often with families who also don’t live here.

(Kaylee Greenlee | Special to The Tribune) Lakaiya Thompson stands for a portrait at her home in Killeen, Texas, in December. A Utah adoption agency paid for Thompson to come to Utah during her pregnancy so she could place her child for adoption here. "It was a transaction," she said about the adoption process.