Ongoing legacy of historic adoption practices revealed in evidence published by Parliamentary Committee

[Alison J Stevens]

https://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed229011

https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/93/human-rights-joint-co...

https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/93/human-rights-joint-co...

We had the forced adoptions in the 1960s and the 1970s where Mothers got pregnant at a very early age 15 or 16 years or younger.

The Women were forced into homes run by the Catholic Church and Nuns, due to their Parents not wanting to go through the very biased stigma at the time.

The teenage went into these homes a few months within giving birth, and after birth or within a few hours of birth, these babies were then taken from the nurseries of the home and given straight to the adopters.

The young mothers were sent back to their parents, to live, and possibly the next door neighbours were not even aware that their neighbours daughter was even pregnant, the lot was hidden behind closed doors.

Many birth mo0thers in a lot of cases would never see the children ever again.

Then years later Forced Adoption in the UK, is our present legacy.

Babies are taken from mothers within a few hours of giving birth today, and in some cases Social Workers are hiding outside of delivery rooms, and the babies are taken straight from the delivery room, seen by a paediatrician then given straight to the foster carers, who will then go on to adopt that baby.

Yes the forced adoptions are planned before the child is even born, so the foster carers will have their adopted baby straight after the baby is born, or within a few hours of birth.

Babies are taken for adoption, and in the UK forced adoption is a very lucrative business.

The conflicting medical evidence given within the UK Family Courts can also be a route to forced adoption.

Mothers can be diagnosed with perceived personality disorders, and babies can be taken into care at birth on the grounds that they could be at risk of psychological abuse in the future.

The so called medical experts can and do diagnose mothers with MSBP,, even without setting eyes on the mother.

A  Paediatrician diagnosed a mother who i was assisting with reference her case.

The Paediatrician was not adequately qualified to make such a diagnosis, it needs to be diagnosed by a psychiatrist or psychiatrist and no expert can ever make a diagnosis without ever meeting the person.

But hearsay is rife within the Family Courts, and parents can loose their children to adoption via hearsay and the conflicting medical evidence given in the family courts.

In other cases a child can be diagnosed with OI brittle bone disease as the cause of unexplained fractures, but the adoption order cannot be overturned, because of the trauma it would have on the adopters as well as the child.

One of my past co workers at PAIN, lost his two young sons two forced adoption. in this case the Local  Authority admitted to getting the case very wrong, but because the adoption order had already been rubber stamped there was nothing that could be done.

I remember at the time my co worker C stated that the trauma of loosing his sons to forced adoption, was worse than when his mother died.

He said at least he knew where his mum was laid to rest he could visit her grave at any time, he knew where his mum was but his two sons were somewhere in the UK, but he obviously did not know where.

Many Countries of the world and their Governments, have apologised to the victims of forced adoption, especially Australia.

When Tony Blair was Prime Minister not only did he take us to war based on a lie, but it was his Government that brought out Local Authority adoption targets and there was a league table of LA adoptions those that managed to get their adoption's within the right timescale were praised but those LA who breached the timescale were named and shamed.

Yes the timescale is now 26 weeks, a routine within the secret family courts, the trauma of the birth parents can lead them to an early grave any many mothers who have gone through this trauma have even committed suicide.