unwed mothers
Coverage of unwed mothers in the Nexus archive.
- Vatican sent children born out of wedlock to America as orphans for adoption
The Vatican sent children born out of wedlock to America as orphans for adoption. Unwed mothers in Italy were pressured to give up their children, with thousands sent to the U.S. Families are now reuniting and seeking answers.
- UK formally apologizes for state’s role in forcing unwed mothers to give up babies for adoption
The UK government formally apologized for its role in separating unmarried mothers from their babies through coercive adoption practices between 1949 and 1976, affecting an estimated 185,000 children. The apology followed years of advocacy by survivors and parliamentary inquiries into historical state and institutional practices that stigmatized unwed mothers.
- UK leader Starmer makes formal government apology for decades of forced adoptions of babies born to unwed mothers
UK leader Starmer made a formal government apology for decades of forced adoptions of babies born to unwed mothers. The apology addresses historical practices where such adoptions were carried out without consent.