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Spitfire of ATJ

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3. From what it says, it was "forced" AND was illegal.

Reply to csziggy (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 20, 2013, 11:46 PM

Mar 2013

They depended on the mother being uninformed of their rights while some mothers were drugged and some had their signatures forged.

Makes you want to check if adoption agencies were funneling money into corrupt officials because that would amount to human trafficking.

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Australia PM Gillard sorry for 'shameful' forced adoptions [View all] Eugene Mar 2013 OP

Was this some kind of "morality" thing? Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2013 #1

Apparently csziggy Mar 2013 #2

From what it says, it was "forced" AND was illegal. Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2013 #3

It was human trafficking. aquart Mar 2013 #4

The side issue was that many of these were also... AnneD Mar 2013 #5

Same thing goes on in the USA. hunter Mar 2013 #6

Glad for the apology... mpcamb Mar 2013 #7