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Keir Starmer Apologizes for Forced Adoptions | Toronto News
Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivered a historic apology for the forced adoption of 185,000 babies born to unmarried mothers in England and Wales between 1949 and 1976, calling it a “stain on our history” and blaming systemic failures, not the mothers, for the trauma inflicted. Survivors’ decades-long campaigns led to this moment, echoing similar apologies from Australia and Ireland, as institutions—including the Church of England—acknowledge their roles. Many young mothers, often teens, were pressured into giving up their children, denied pain relief during childbirth, and forcibly separated…
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