In 2000, Prime Minister Tony Blair introduced new "reward grants" in an attempt to increase the number of domestic adoptions taking place in the United Kingdom. Though adoptions have increased, they've increase so dramatically that many government officials are asking for an explanation.

"Critics say very young children are specifically selected - even before birth - by social workers to get the bonuses. It is believed that 1,000 each year are wrongly taken from their parents."

Liberal Democrat MP John Hemming has called the practice "social engineering". So many babies are being taken from mothers and families that there are not enough foster parents to care for them.

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