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Forced adoption apology

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In the sixties and seventies, thousands of young pregnant women were forced to give their children up for adoption. Today those mothers and children affected received a formal apology from Julia Gillard in Canberrra.

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Thursday, March 21 2013
Produced By Daniel Fitzgerald
Featured in storyLee Hubbard - Chair of Vanish, oranistion assisting in searches for birth relativesJoe Fraser - mother who was forced to give up her child for adoptionPauline Kenny - Research Fellow at the Australian Institute of Family Studies
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