Gordon Brown calls for apologies over forced adoptions in England and Wales
Gordon Brown, the former Labour prime minister, has called on the UK government to issue a formal apology to women whose babies were forcibly adopted in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. Campaigners argue that time is running out to issue the apology, as the affected women are now elderly. The practice of forced adoption, which involved around 200,000 women in England and Wales, has been described as a "terrible tragedy" by Brown. The former prime minister believes the state should take responsibility and apologize for its role in this controversial practice. The article suggests that the issue of forced adoptions remains a sensitive and unresolved matter, with calls for the government to acknowledge the harm done to the affected women and provide them with a formal apology before it's too late.
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