A recent investigation by the Truth Recovery Independent Panel has uncovered evidence that private nursing homes in Northern Ireland secretly housed pregnant women and their babies from the 1920s to the 1990s. Co-chair Professor Leanne McCormick emphasizes the lack of oversight in these private facilities, where decisions about adoptions often took place away from the authorities. With over 10,500 women believed to have been affected, the panel is gathering testimonies to inform a forthcoming public inquiry into alleged abuses, including forced adoptions, at mother-and-baby homes previously run by religious institutions.

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