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- Bosnia adoptions could force UK babies to back of queue: The Government wants to speed adoption by British couples of the unwanted babies of Bosnian Muslim women raped by Serb fighters. John Arlidge reports, The Independent, January 4, 1993
- Britain’s child migrants: ‘I was told I was going on a picnic’Guardian, October 2, 2015
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- Catholic church apologises for role in ‘forced adoptions’ over 30-year period, Guardian, November 2, 2016
- Christian churches’ ‘forced adoptions’ in the UK: did you lose your child?, Guardian, November 3, 2016
- Baby adoption practices of past demand inquiry, say law firms, The Guardian, November 4, 2016
- ‘After a lifetime of loss, church apology is too little, too late‘, Guardian, November 4, 2016
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- MPs urge Theresa May to apologise for ‘pain’ of forced adoption policy, Guardian, July 12, 2018
- The mother who lost her daughter over an EpiPen, BBC, February 16, 2019
- Thousands of mixed-race British babies were born in World War II — and adoption by their black American fathers was blocked, PRI, May 17, 2019
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Adoptee’s Devon racism experiences turned into musical. BBC News, October 18, 2019
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‘It walks with you forever’: Mothers sue hospital that took their babies. The Age, December 27, 2019
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- Adoption not always best for children, Guardian, January 29, 2020
- Those who suffered the trauma of a 50s adoption must be listened to, Guardian, January 23, 2020
- Somerset and Devon’s Brown Babies: Children of the Second World War, Southwest Heritage Trust, October 22, 2020
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- Mothers demand apology over forced adoptions, BBC News, May 25, 2021
- Forced adoptions: Former MP Ann Keen recalls no dignity and no say, BBC News, May 26, 2021
- It’s the story that shames Britain–a quarter-million unmarried mothers made to give up their babies, Daily Mail, June 27, 2021
- Hundreds of children abused while in care of Lambeth council, inquiry finds, The Guardian, July 27, 2021
- Forced adoption scandal: How many women were given these tablets? We have no idea. Glasgow Sunday Post, August 1, 2021
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Forced adoption: Birth parents urged to give evidence to inquiry, BBC News, September 23, 2021
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