Texas adoption attorney charged with attempting to sell, purchase unborn children

NORTH TEXAS — The founder of a North Texas adoption agency has been arrested on allegations of paying pregnant female inmates in the Tarrant County Jail to put their unborn babies up for adoption. 

The head of Adoptions International Inc. posted a $50,000 bond after being booked into a Central Texas jail last week.

Jody Hall is an attorney and founder of an adoption agency promoted as a licensed nonprofit.