Back in 2011 I blogged about a film called Oranges and Sunshine, which detailed the quite astonishing undercover practice of separating babies from single mothers in the UK and sending them to Australia to be adopted. The film, which must be unique as it features the social worker as a hero, is online in full from here.
I mention this again because the PM of Australia today apologised to all the women in Australia who'd had their own children taken away from them for the 'crime' of being unmarried. It is quite frankly stunning that this went on right into the 1970's. For any of you under the age of 30, the 70's might feel like a long time ago, but to me it's my childhood.
If you'd like to hear more about this issue there was an interview on the Today programme this morning between presenter Sarah Montague and Lily Arthur who's one of the women this actually happened to.
You can listen to it here.
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