Author Archive | Valerie

By: Alana Rosenbaum THE Royal Women’s Hospital has admitted that single women were treated differently from married mothers until the mid-1970s and apologised for the pain and suffering that the practice caused. The apology came as the hospital filed to a Senate inquiry into forced adoption a submission that admitted denying unwed mothers access to […]

By: Adrian Humphreys It takes a confident lawyer with decades of arranging surrogate-mother contracts to confirm what some fear is the secret truth about the emerging state of child-bearing by proxy: “I’m not naïve,” said Larry Kahn, a Richmond, B.C., family law specialist in adoptive and reproduction issues. “Do I think there is a brown […]

By Bonnie Malkin, Sydney Australia’s Roman Catholic Church has issued an apology for its role in the forced adoptions of babies from unmarried mothers during the 1950s, 60s and 70s, a practise that has been described as a “national disgrace”. It is estimated that more than 150,000 young women across Australia had their children taken […]

By: Nicole Baute When Ontario opened its adoption records on June 1, adult adoptees yearning for information about their birth parents applied in droves. When Ontario opened its adoption records on June 1, adult adoptees yearning for information about their birth parents applied in droves. But as the replies came back, it became clear something […]