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UK formally apologizes for forcing unwed mothers to give up babies for adoption

UK formally apologizes for forcing unwed mothers to give up babies for adoption
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer formally apologized Thursday for the British state’s role in separating tens of thousands of unmarried mothers from their babies, a practice that lasted for decades until the 1970s. He said in Parliament that “we are deeply and profoundly sorry” for what he called a...

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