‘Stain on our history’: Starmer issues government apology over forced adoption scandal – UK politics live
Between 1949 and 1976, an estimated 185,000 babies were taken from unmarried mothers and placed for adoption in England and Wales Starmer said what happened to the mothers, and their children, should never have happened. He said: What happened to them, and to tens of thousands of mothers, children, and families, should never have happened. It is a stain on our history. Mothers, many young, vulnerable, and without support were coerced, bullied, or misled into feeling that they had no choice but t
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03.39 EDTStarmer to issue formal apology to mothers and children harmed by historic forced adoption policiesGood morning. Keir Starmer is clearing the decks in his last three weeks in office, and today he is going to settle one unresolved issue when he delivers a formal apology on behalf of the state to victims of forced adoption policies that were in place in the middle of the last century.Between 1949 and 1976, an estimated 185,000 babies were taken from unmarried mothers and placed for adoption in England and Wales as a result of a culture of shame surrounding pregnancy outside marriage.
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