Wednesday, July 23, 2014

The Irish Baby Trade

Nearly 2,000 children sent to the United States for adoption there are few or no records of parental consent. Many were apparently sold to wealthy Catholic families.

The Irish government has confirmed that the remains of 474 babies were sent to medical schools between 1940 and 1965, without the consent of their families.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Much the same as the kids sent to Australia by British Government....without parents knowledge or permission....the 'Oranges and Sunshine' case....and there are many other cases of persons being displaced from their own land due to dictators and corruption....

ajohnstone said...

As you say, very similar. The poor are simply treated as a burden. This earlier blog-post on the children "exported"" to Australia maybe of an interest

http://socialismoryourmoneyback.blogspot.com/2012/07/slaves-on-farm.html