Babies For Export - People

In 1948, members of the Alberta chapter of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire (I.O.D.E.), the Alberta provincial government, a renowned Ottawa social worker, an Ottawa writer, his publisher in Toronto, and stern legal counsel found themselves playing a part in an odd mix of characters engaged in an Edmonton libel suit.

It is fairly certain that the individuals who were part of this trial could not have predicted they would end up there, but each contributed to the situation that brought them to this courtroom and eventually, the justice that ensued.

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