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Gillard Apologises For Forced Adoptions

Description:Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has apologised to the nation for the practice of forced adoptions during a ceremony in Canberra on Thursday. From 1950-1970, children of unwed mothers, or of those deemed 'unfit' for motherhood, were forcibly taken and adopted out to married couples. Audience members were visiably moved by the Prime Minister's statements. (0:50)

Source: Reuters

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