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 frequently young women who found themselves in this situation were given little choice but to give in to the strong pressures which were exerted on them by the authorities to have their babies adopted.