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Adoption machine, the dark history of Ireland's mother and baby homes : the inside story of how Tuam 800 became a global scandal, by Paul Jude Redmond

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Adoption machine, the dark history of Ireland's mother and baby homes : the inside story of how Tuam 800 became a global scandal, by Paul Jude Redmond

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Main title

Adoption machine

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1130060196

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by Paul Jude Redmond

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the dark history of Ireland's mother and baby homes : the inside story of how Tuam 800 became a global scandal

Summary

Approximately 100,000 single mothers lost their babies to forced separation in Ireland since independence in 1922. 35,000 pregnant, single women were sent to nine Mother and Baby Homes, where thousands of their babies and young children died due to wilful neglect and indifference. Castlepollard Mother and Baby Home survivor, Paul Redmond, examines how and why the Mother and Baby Home network was built and how it transformed into a ruthless and efficient money-making machine, harvesting up to 97% of all babies born outside marriage, with many used as 'guinea pigs' for pharmaceutical research. The religious orders effectively generated vast profits from selling Irish babies to local and overseas arranged adoptions. 2018

Table Of Contents

Background and foundation, 1739-1944 -- In living memory, 1944-1990 -- Campaigning, 1990-2013 -- Breakthrough, 2014-2017

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