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Grief, shame and a beautiful daughter hidden for so long...
Mothers
Adoption has impacted my life enormously. Secrecy, loss and guilt are very damaging. Involvement with the Post Adoption Resource Centre in Sydney has aided me enormously in my journey. My adoption experience is part of me and I manage that by assisting with running a support group and speaking publicly.
Continue readingHappy Ever After?
Mothers
We always seem to walk on eggshells with the sons and daughters who were lost to us and then found. Do we have the right to have expectations? Others believe now that we've met it's a happy ending: they don't understand that nothing can take away the time that was lost and the feelings within that time.
Continue readingHearing my baby boy cry
Mothers
I always wanted to keep my baby – I did not want him to be adopted out, I wish I had been told my rights as a mother, I would not have done it.
Continue readingHeartache
Mothers
I have shared but a small part of my story. My journey has been both happy and sad but I feel that we, my daughter, her adoptive family and myself have survived even though we all bear some scars. I hope all levels of government learn that helping families stay together is be a priority.
Continue readingHell is the cry of a baby whose mother will never come
Adopted people
Adoption was a barbaric and brutal act. My mothers and my human rights were violated when my mother was denied medical treatment when she went into labour. The denial of access to me even though my mother had not given her consent to adopt me was an unforgivable act of the greatest cruelty.
Continue readingHonour My Losses - Part 1
Mothers
The horrific images adn sounds will always be with me, I will try to channel it into my art work now.
Continue readingHuman guinea pigs. Predisposition of deviants in criminality
Adopted people
Deviant unwed mothers' sired deviant offspring and 'all must be done to prevent procreation'. Against their will, institutionalize the child, inject the child with insulin shock therapy, and inject the LHRH agonists to prevent procreation.
Continue readingHELP FROM THE CHURCH
Mothers
The Church was more interested in prying into our sex lives than actually helping us.
Continue readingHas anyone acknowledged the deaths of mothers and babies in the ‘forced adoptions’ process?
Family
How many graves are there around the world of ‘uncared for’ young mums and their babies?
Continue readingHelen Joy
Family
On the last night, Mum didn't go to bed. She held her baby, which she had named Helen Joy (later named Heather Margaret), the whole night.
Continue readingHelping others is most rewarding
Workers
Effective professional and peer support services are critical resources to help alleviate the loss, grief and other consequences of adoption separation. As a recipient and a provider, I have felt the benefits of this dictum.
Continue readingHusband of a women who experienced a forced adoption in 1983
Family
Adoption is not a good thing, for anyone concerned. The trauma of what occurred 32 years ago still constantly impacts all concerned. The catholic adoption agency should be ashamed of how they conducted themselves & took advantage of all concerned
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