Holly Cairns: Calculating redress based on length of time in an institution is just wrong
The Social Democrats TD says the government’s redress scheme fails to consider human rights violations perpetrated on thousands of women and children.
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The Social Democrats TD says the government’s redress scheme fails to consider human rights violations perpetrated on thousands of women and children.
In Denmark, the state is taking more and more strict action in what it sees as the interests of the child. Those who are not deemed fit to be parents are even told during pregnancy that their children will be forcibly adopted.
Danish mothers are fleeing to Germany out of fear that the state will remove their children. Denmark says the tough crackdown is for the good of the child.
If Putin stops gas supplies, the Dutch government is considering tapping its own gas reserves. Also: Water is scarce in Spain. Farmers are tapping groundwater for their plantations. Environmentalists sound the alarm.
Britain should formally apologise to unmarried mothers who were forced to give up their babies for adoption, according to an official report Friday that gave harrowing detail of the anguish suffered by the women.