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Description: Buying a baby in the Philippines is as easy as putting up a Facebook post. Within a week, the Undercover Asia team received responses from ‘BMOMs’ or birth mothers asking for ‘adoption fees’ as low as US$100. Some middlemen even have lists of babies on sale, with an average price of about US$200 per baby. 00:00 A BMOM selling her unborn baby 00:21 A ‘middleman’ with a list of babies on sale 00:34 Baby ‘adoption’ posts 03:09 Backstreet abortions During the COVID-19 pandemic, unwanted pregnancies surged. Public health experts attribute the surge in part to the lack of access to contraceptives during the city’s 9.5-month lockdown from March to December 2020. Watch the full episode The Unseen Cost Of Philippines' Pandemic Baby Boom: youtu.be/FJGLJKtYFIU ========== About Undercover Asia 9: CNA's award-winning investigative series Undercover Asia returns for the ninth season to uncover two disturbing trends in China and the unexpected fallout from the pandemic in Asia and beyond. ================ #CNAInsider #CNAInvestigates #UndercoverAsiaCNA #Philippines #Babies #FamilyPlanning #Pregnancy Also watch: Child Labour & Marriage: Victims Of India's COVID School Closures: youtu.be/uqMj0gjGJgg When The Desire To Be Fair-Skinned Can Be Deadly: youtu.be/NEs3g5LVqPU The Hidden Side Of Philippines Beauty Pageants: youtu.be/pt8HGce7KFA For more, SUBSCRIBE to CNA INSIDER! cna.asia/insideryoutubesub Follow CNA INSIDER on: Instagram: instagram.com/cnainsider Facebook: facebook.com/cnainsider Website: cna.asia/cnainsider