In one of her final acts as Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon will make a formal apology in the Scottish Parliament tomorrow (Wednesday 21st) over the issue of forced adoption, with about sixty thousand unmarried mothers from the 1950s-1970s shamed and cajolled into handing over their babies for adoption.
For more on the background to the story visit www.sundaypost.com/fp/forced-adoption-victims-3/ and the reports of the UK Government's Joint Committee on Human Rights at https://committees.parliament.uk/work/1522/the-right-to-family-life-adoption-of-children-of-unmarried-women-19491976/publications/reports-responses/.
The apology will be made following Portfolio Questions at 2pm. To watch it live, view proceedings on Scottish Parliament TV at www.scottishparliament.tv.
Chris
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