Australia Forced Adoptions

• Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard apologizes for forced adoptions

  Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard delivered a historic national apology in Parliament on Thursday to the thousands of unwed mothers who were forced by government policies to give up their babies for adoption over several decades.

• Australia hospitals apologize for forced adoptions

  Roman Catholic hospitals in Australia apologized on Monday for forcing unmarried mothers to give up babies for adoption decades ago and urged state governments to accept financial responsibility for the once-widespread practice.