Thursday 18 June, 2026
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June 2026 – We will use this page to add the latest media reports and our own comments and statements. Monday 13 July Last week (Thursday 7 July) the House of Lords held a debate on the government’s apology statement. You can watch it back on BBC iPlayer or read the Hansard transcript. On Saturday […]
Adoptees who endure horrendous cruelty in so-called ‘forever families’ are too often blamed for the disruption and breakdown. And when we are told it is due to our defective genes, we are vulnerable to believing and internalising these myths for life.
Children are not abusers. Adopters are trapped not by their acquired property, but by their own fear of failure, and fear of shattering their family fantasy beyond repair.
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Press release
Founding members of the Adult Adoptee Movement met with Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson and members of her team on Thursday 4th December.
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Adoption breakdown
We can only conclude that adoption is broken. And wonder why we are still using this outdated model.
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Long Lost Family, again
I admire those who are able to watch the special ‘mother and baby home’ episodes of Long Lost Family, and I applaud the people who are bringing these stories to light, but I just can’t. Like many adoptees, I find the show emotionally manipulative, ‘trauma porn’ (or worse, adoption propaganda). My life, the information that […]
Adoptees deserve more than to be “mentioned.” We deserve pathways. We deserve services that recognise adoption as lifelong. We deserve to sit in therapy and be understood, not minimised.
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Westminster protest
UPDATE: further action is planned for 2026, if you would like to take part please join the Survivors of the Historic Forced Adoption Era Action Group or contact Zara Phillips. We’re adding this page to direct you to news and resources relating to the adoption apology protest, due to take place on Wednesday 16 July. […]
We received the following reply to our open letter and have sent a further reply, see below. 17 April 2025 To whom it may concern, Thank you for your recent open letter, which has been forwarded to the Adoption Policy team for response. Thank you for sharing the research from the United States, which we […]