Scotland could face a torrent of human rights cases over its forced adoption policy between the 1940s and 80s

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INTERNATIONAL expert Professor Miriam Stevenson says thousands of Scottish mums could take legal action under European laws. AN international expert yesterday warned that Scotland could face a torrent of human rights cases over its forced adoption legacy. Professor Miriam Stevenson says thousands of Scottish mums could take legal action under European laws. The respected Sheffield-born social work expert played a …

Americans adopted out of Ireland will be able to find out their birth parents

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New legislation being drawn up by the Irish Government will see as many as 50,000 adopted people gain the right to their birth certificate. The Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill is the first of its kind and will be discussed at this week’s cabinet meeting. It is expected to operate both retrospectively and for all future adoptions. Due to legal …

The cognitive dissonance between child rescue and child protection

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‘Saving orphans’ has become an industry that irrevocably harms children and undermines the development of child welfare systems. We must replace the drive to rescue with the desire to protect. On a recent flight from Amsterdam to Nairobi, I was wedged into a seat next to a chatty young man. He told me he worked at a group home for …

The Hollywood Baby Snatcher, Georgia Tann.

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For 30 years, Georgia Tann made millions selling children. A network of scouts, corrupt judges and politicians helped her steal babies. She also targeted youngsters on their way home from school, promising them ice cream to tempt them away from their homes

Georgia Tann – The Baby Thief

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From 1924 through 1950, Georgia Tann ran the Tennessee Children’s Home Society, from a stately home on Poplar Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee. She used it as a front for an illegal foundling home and adoption agency that placed over 5,000 newborn infants and children, from toddlers up to age 16, to sell to what she called “high type” families in …