International Redress & Apologies Delivered

for Forced Adoptions

Forced adoption was a common practice happening globally during the 1940’s through the mid-1970’s. Every major religion and every western government viewed young, pregnant and unwed women as a social problem that needed to be fixed. Few have recognized the epistemic injustice of their complicity in their forced adoption practices and have apologized; Australia set the global bar high with the first ever apology issued by its female Prime Minister in 2013. We’ve compiled all the notable redress and apology efforts we know about below. We remain hopeful we’ll see some effort from a government or religious entity in the United States in our lifetime.