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forced adoption

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Church
CultureLifestyle
Churches acknowledge suffering of forced adoptions, but won’t apologize
18 May 2026 - 06:30
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A sad child sits alone in a school corridor.
Politics
Dutch cabinet to apologize for forced child removals in decades-old adoption cases
13 April 2026 - 18:40
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PoliticsBusiness
Dutch government delays compensation for forced adoptions, 15,000 affected
5 October 2025 - 11:25
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Politics
"Extensive damage" caused by forcing single women to place babies up for adoption
20 June 2025 - 07:34
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Business
Dutch State not accountable for birth moms' suffering in forced adoptions: Appeals court
13 March 2025 - 14:30
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Gavel with lady justice in the background
Culture
Dutch State not accountable for birth moms' suffering in forced adoptions: Court
26 January 2022 - 16:30
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PoliticsScience
Study into forced adoption raises transparency concerns
6 May 2020 - 06:45
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Crime
Forced Adoption hotline gets 500 reports
5 February 2020 - 07:32
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Newborn baby
Crime
Forced Adoptions: Over 150 women say kids were taken away through mid-1980s
29 October 2019 - 11:50

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