Dan Rather Reports is covering coerced & forced adoptions, stolen babies, and

[Ilsa]

Victimizing unwed mothers during the 1950s, 1960s, and early 1970s. The young women who sought help from charities, were treated horribly, and were forced to give up their babies, without access to information on where they ended up. Some of these young women were rape victims.

The stories are horrifying.

[BlueToTheBone]

1. And we know they all deserved what ever they got!

After all...damned women...sluts all.

[Ilsa]

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[HockeyMom]

2. Homes for Unwed Mothers

to get them out of view from their familes, friends, and society. Most were religious affiliated. Yep, knew a few girls who went to one, of course, schools said otherwise, but GIRLS talked to each other.

Terrible places from what I heard them say.

[Ilsa]

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[newfie11]

8. I was in one

Florence crittenton home, sorry I am not sure of correct spelling. This was in Los Angeles and my senior year in HS. My Dad had passed away unexpectly and my stay at home Mom was left with no insurance. I was able to finish my school and graduate HS in the home. There was no pressure on me to give my baby up. I did have access to social workers. I don't know about other places but for me flossy was a lifesaver. I did give the baby up to a wonderful family, went on to college thanks to California's free schools and became a reg. radiological tech. Without the help I had I would have been working at McDonald's the rest of my life.

[Ilsa]

10. I'm very glad it worked out well for you. What

Year were you in the home? (roughly) I think the changing mores in the early 70s made all the difference in experiences.

[newfie11]

13. 1965

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. And this is the way it used to be

and the way they want it to go back to.

[Ilsa]

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[Ilsa]

4. Adding to my own thread...

It sounds like three might be a class action suit coming up in Canada against the RCC and the Canadian Government over their collusion to illegally take babies from mothers without proper legal interventions.

One investigator said that a lot of adoption records from that time were altered to help hide the births and prevent reunions between birth mothers and babies. Birthdays and locations were frequently altered. Sometimes they told mothers that their babies were stillborn, and even recorded them that way.

An acquaintance who would have been adopted right around 1960 said her parents told her that when she was adopted, the nuns came back to her new home to take her back, that she was with the wrong family and that they had made a mistake. The adoptive mother became hysterical since she had bonded with her in only a week. The father whipped out his checkbook and wrote a big check to the nuns and they took it and moved along.

[TrogL]

9. I was involved in this except it was the Lutheran Church

I'm told my birth mother raised a stink at the time of my adoption and was ignored.

I've been meaning to follow up on this.

[Ilsa]

11. Apparently there are investigators that specialize in this. nt

[Berlum]

12. Wow - Republicans don't believe in this, or in global climate change, or in honesty

what skunkery (R)

[MattBaggins]

14. This is exactly what Crisis Pregnancy Centers do nowadays.

[justiceforthismother]

15. The government finally recignizes our pain and forced adoptions

I was a single mother forced to adopt my child to child protection services no one believed me people have said you probably desrved it
and there was nothing you can do! I know what it is like being labeled a slut unfit and incapable when your not and being told the best thing for you to do is let go of your child as clearly you can't take care of your self let alone your child and there are no other options or support services. Finally the government recignizes such criminal acts took places in respect to the Canadian adoption practice and the Vail of the Ministry for Children and Families is being lifted in respect to their dirty adoption secrets. I believe no women should ever be made to feel ashamed of them self or forced to give up your child and for women like my self have been targeted because we are unwed and on welfare no women should suffer such horrible abuses by the Ministry For Children and Families it is disgaceful. Further more the Child Family and Community Services Act violates several section of the Cadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms it is appauling that it took the government so long to recognize that it does and the Act also violates several sections of the Criminal Code of Canada not acceptable! I know what it is like not to send presants to your child or receive a picture after he is adopted as it is no longer a legal issue and how painful it is sometime when you go out and you see a child around your child's age and you wonder if that could be him and what it is like to spend the holidays with out your children or to go out on Canada Day and see children with there mothers wishing you were with yours. I know what it is like not being there for hisfirst step or his graduation and have your children told you are unfit and they believe you don't want them it is overwhelming for any women to cope with the after math of a forced or coersed adoption shame on the government! No women deserves it! If any one wants more information check out The Vancouver Sun class action law suit or the national post the Ministry for Children and Families are included in this law suit and I am on facebook under Lisa arlin
I believe that for so many women this lawsuit and national inquiriry of the House of Commons will allow women of British Columbia to begin to heal from our pain what took the government so long I just wonder how many women have suffered because of forced adoptions?