Helen RoweAFP·2 Jul, 2026 07:12 PM4 mins to readBritain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer has apologised for the country's policy of forced adoption in England and Wales between 1949 and 1976, calling it “a stain on our history”. Photo / Isabel Infantes, POOL, AFPBritish Prime Minister Keir Starmer has formally apologised for the forced adoption of an estimated 185,000 babies born to unmarried mothers in England and Wales between 1949 and 1976, calling it “a stain on our history”.
The scandal saw the mothers, including many who were teenagers, coerced into giving up
