A social worker reflects on the forced adoption scandal #StolenBabies @BBCScotlandChannel

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“I think a lot of people of my generation… we would say: “I wish I’d thought harder and longer about what I was doing.”

A social worker reflects on the forced adoption scandal, when children were taken from unmarried mothers and placed for adoption.

Watch #StolenBabies on BBC iPlayer. Told by the mothers and children affected, this landmark documentary exposes the forced adoption scandal.

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