

It's Past Time for an American Apology to Birth/First Mothers
At the beginning of 2021, Ireland's leader issued an apology to women who endured the humiliation, emotional and psychological abuse inflicted by state and church-run mother-and-baby Homes during the last half of the 20th Century. In November, National Adoption Awareness Month in the United States, the Irish government went a step further and promised financial reparations to these mothers. The issue was first explored in the film, The Magdalene Sisters, and gained increased