UK makes formal apology to forced adoption survivors: 'Shame is ours'

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2026-07-02

London (PA Media/dpa) - The forced adoption of babies from unmarried mothers in the decades after World War II has been branded a "stain on our history" by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer as he made a long-awaited state apology for the historical practice. Women whose babies had been taken from them watched on in parliament as the prime minister said sorry on behalf of the government. Echoing the words of the Church of England's lead bishop w......

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