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A South Korean commission found evidence that women were pressured into giving away their infants for foreign adoptions after giving birth at government-funded facilities where thousands of people were confined and enslaved from the 1960s to the 1980s. Ha Kum Chul, one of the commission’s investigators, said inmate records show at least 20 adoptions occurred from Daegu’s Huimangwon and South …
The West Australian government has thrown its support behind a campaign for a parliamentary inquiry into the practice of forced adoption. Key points: The WA government is backing an inquiry into forced adoption in WA About 150,000 babies were taken from their mothers from the 1950s to 1980s Mark McGowan has revealed a personal connection to the issue The announcement …
Mothers pressured to give up their babies for adoption and people "stolen" from their mothers as newborns have joined forces to push for an inquiry into forced adoption practices in Western Australia. Calls for inquiry amid 'unfinished business' Now, Mrs Davies is backing calls for WA to follow Victoria and hold an inquiry into the forced adoption era that would …