Keir Starmer issues state apology for UK's forced adoption practices affecting 185,000 babies

Evelyn Ann-Marie Dom

3d ago· 2 min readenNews

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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has issued a formal state apology for the government's role in forced adoptions between 1949 and 1976, during which roughly 185,000 babies born to unwed mothers in England and Wales were taken and adopted by married couples. Campaigners reported being pressured, misled, coerced, or bullied into giving up their babies, while unmarried mothers were shamed and forced into institutions during pregnancy. The apology marks a reversal from the previous Conservative government, which had declined to apologize arguing the state did not support these practices.

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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer apologised for the state's role in decades of forced adoption of babies of tens of thousands of unwed mothers, calling it a 'stain' on the country's history.

Campaigners testified that they were pressured, misled, coerced or bullied into giving up their babies.

Unmarried mothers were additionally shamed and forced to hide away in institutions while pregnant.

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Previously, the then-Conservative government declined to apologise, arguing that the state had not supported these practices. Starmer has now acknowledged the government's role in forced adoptions.

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