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Australia PM Gillard sorry for 'shameful' forced adoptions [View all]
Source: BBC
21 March 2013 Last updated at 01:14 GMT
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has issued an apology to people affected by Australia's forced adoption policy between the 1950s and 1970s.
Tens of thousands of babies of unmarried, mostly teenage mothers, were thought to have been taken by the state and given to childless married couples.
Many women said they were coerced into signing away their children.
Speaking in front of hundreds of the victims, Ms Gillard said the "shameful" policy had created "a legacy of pain".
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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21872919
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