Thursday 18 June, 2026
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Latest news
June 2026 – We will use this page to add the latest media reports and our own comments and statements. Thursday 18 June Adult Adoptee Movement statements 18 June 2026 The Church of England has issued a statement. Please see our press releases here. Church of England latest news page. Church of England historic adoption […]
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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 And wonder why we are still using this outdated model.
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Scandal: Society or State?
An apology is not the end, but the beginning. It is important in changing public understanding away from a mother giving her child up under social pressure, to them being taken by a state-funded and sanctioned policy run primarily by the church and voluntary organisations.
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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 […]
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Open letter
OPEN LETTER FROM ADULT ADOPTEE MOVEMENTTO JANET DABY, MINISTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES 10 April, 2025 Dear Minister, Shocking new research on outcomes for adoptees and first (birth) mothers calls for immediate action. The preliminary findings by Dr Lynn Zubov of Winston Salem State University indicate: Furthermore, adoptees and first mothers suffer higher rates of […]
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It’s ok to take a break – we are!
15th to 21st May is Mental Health Awareness Week 2023. This year the theme is Anxiety. And for us adoptees? Are we more prone to anxiety? I would say possibly, yes. We confront issues that the general population do not – we are faced with issues of identity, loss of genetic mirroring, our ancestry, our […]
Statement by Adult Adoptee Movement Friday 3 March, 2023 There is nothing new in the government’s response and even less of value. The only change they are proposing is one they are already consulting on. To say we have had the opportunity to have our voices and experiences heard and to then do precisely nothing […]