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The parliamentary inquiry received harrowing accounts from hundreds of women. one said she had her baby pulled out of her arms. another said she screamed and hung onto her baby like a woman possessed. during delivery, one woman was told she deserved all the pain she got. another, who had her newborn baby put out of reach, said the treatment in hospital was frankly inhumane. these women have suffered from shame and vilification and the burden of secrecy for decades. i think the least the governme...

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She neverforgot one incident as she was about to give birth to her baby son, when a nurse internally examined her. it was painful, it was painful, and she looked at me and she said, "i dont know how you could get pregnant if you cant let me do this to you." it was just such an awful thing to say. she would never have said it to anybody else who was married, so why did she say that to me just because i was unmarried and she obviously thought i was one of the lowest of the low? forced adoptions to...

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When i found myself pregnant, that was in 1963, i was still in school. pat tugwell was unmarried and pregnancy out of wedlock broke one of the major taboos of post—war years. she neverforgot one incident as she was about to give birth to her baby son, when a nurse internally examined her. it was painful, it was painful, and she looked at me and she said, i dont know how you could get pregnant if you cant let me do this to you. it was just such an awful thing to say. she would never have said i...

During delivery, one woman was told she deserved all the pain she got. another, who had her newborn baby put out of reach, said the treatment in hospital was frankly inhumane. these women have suffered from shame and vilification and the burden of secrecy for decades. i think the least the government can do is recognise that this shouldnt have happened then and it would never happen now, and it is right for the government to apologise. the government said it would consider the reports findings a...

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Apology is vital. we never thought this day would come. we hoped it would but it means an awful lot to everybody involved in the awful, shameful historic practice of forced adoption. it would mean a great deal to people today. forced adoptions have reached out from history to haunt birth mothers and their children. the report says its now time to recognise that suffering. duncan kennedy, bbc news. joining me now is harriet harman, chair of thejoint joining me now is harriet harman, chair of the ...

In the three decades after world war ii. duncan kennedy reports. this is the moment one group of birth mothers and adoptees heard about todays report. "an official apology should be given in recognition of lasting suffering caused by adoption practices." she sobs. thats brilliant, really brilliant. really brilliant. decades after their forced adoptions, they are still broken. really brilliant. among them, judy baker, who became pregnant in 1967, one of thousands pressured to give up their babies...

Taken from them. i found myself pregnant in 1963. i will still at school. pat tugwell was unmarried and pregnancy out of wedlock broke one of the major taboos of post—war years. she neverforgot one incident as she was about to give birth to her baby son, when a nurse internally examined her. it was painful and she looked at me and she said, i dont know how you could get pregnant if you cant let me do this to you. it was such an awful thing to say. she would never have said it to anyone who was...