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Unethical adoption practises in the UK too
Women pregnant outside marriage forced to give up their babies want apology and inquiry. The Movement for an Adoption Apology (MAA) seeks recognition and acknowledgement of the pain and grief suffered by many birth parents and their children because of the unethical adoption practices of the past. We believe that this can only be achieved by a full Parliamentary apology with cross-party support. For many years, until at least the 1980s, pregnancy outside marriage was severely frowned upon, and...
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Pensions, discrimination, poverty: petition
Women born in the 1950s face severe financial hardship over pension discrimination. Changes imposed on pensions for women born in the 1950s have been called unfair and discriminatory. And a petition set up to draw attention to this and calling for change has been presented to HMRC – but is still open for signing. The problems have come about through a combination of the increase in state pension age and the fact that no sufficient notice was given to the women in this age group to enable them...
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Domestic violence: 16-25 per cent of all violent crime; the highest rate of repeat victimisation. The national domestic violence charity Refuge, together with families of women killed by current and former partners, are calling on the government to open a public inquiry to investigate why victims of domestic violence are still not getting the protection they deserve from the police and other state agencies. Two women are killed every week in England and Wales by a current or former...
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