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Thursday, May 11, 2006 12:00 AM

The children they gave away

In the decades between World War II and Roe v. Wade, 1.5 million young women were secretly sent to homes for unwed mothers and coerced into giving their babies up for adoption. Now their stories are finally being told.
By Sarah Karnasiewicz

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  • Thursday, May 11, 2006 07:08 AM

    On sending the girls away..there's always Antigonish

    'New Waterford Girl' gets more impact.

    Author's right ..growing up 50's/60's...unquestioning acceptance,convention and compliance.

    It was simply 'the way things were'.

    Former patriarch,well-off white guy having been raised in precisely that ever so 'secure' & self-satisfied bubble.

    Kind of ashamed now at my own oblivious conformity.

    Better times now.

    Jas`e Taylor MD(ret.)

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