Campaigners welcome UK government apology for historic role in forced adoptions

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has apologised to women forced to give up their babies or separated from their mothers at birth under a system of forced adoptions that targeted unmarried women for decades after World War II. An estimated 185,000 children were separated from their mothers in Britain.British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has apologised to women forced to give up their babies or separated from their mothers at birth under a system of forced adoptions that targeted unmarried women for decades after World War II.An estimated 185,000 children were separated from their mothers in Britain.