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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Harriet Sherwood

‘Time running out’ for UK to apologise over forced adoptions

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Most of the estimated 185,000 women involved in forced adoptions are now in their 70s and 80s. Photograph: pocketlight/Getty Images

Time is running out for the UK government to issue a formal apology to women who were forced to give up their babies for adoption in the 1950s, 60s and 70s, campaigners have warned.

Most of the estimated 185,000 women involved in forced adoptions are now in their 70s and 80s, and some have died without an apology on behalf of the state being issued.

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