The letter below is from Lily Arthur (seen in video interview above) in response to the proposed apology from the Austrailan Government for the Heinous practices used to obtain babies for adoption during the Baby Scoop Era there, which are the identical practices used in the United States, Canada, The UK, and other English speaking nations, and which often continue here today.
Lily Arthur says:Thank you, Lily Arthur, and thanks to all the members of Origins worldwide. for their efforts on behalf of mothers of forced surrender.
In response to the forthcoming apology to mothers who have lost children to adoption in Western Australia, Origins would like to make the following observations:
Having admitted that past adoption practices in WA were unlawful, the West Australian government has usurped the notion that those responsible for serious crimes committed under Common Law can be rectified by a few chosen words, instead of facing the justice system, thus absolving the perpetrators of premeditated breaches of various statutory Crimes Acts
This (adoption crimes) would be the only instance where the law would absolve perpetrators of serious crimes to face accountability by the legal system. How a dismissal of crimes such as kidnapping, willful intent, Fraud, false imprisonment, assault, and a litany of other such breaches of law can be casually ignored by apologists who have the audacity to think that this attempt of contrition at will placate the victims of such crimes that have remained denied for decades, not only undermines basic human rights but also erodes the criminal justice system
An “apology” without exposure, redress or accountably for criminal behavior is not only an insult to an established legal system but also opens the opportunity for other types of criminal actively to occur on a grand scale, such as past adoption practices. Crimes can be perpetrated on victims with the knowledge that if you can hide your crimes long enough then you can get away with it.
Such mentality would not appease any other family who has had a child forcibly taken away and hidden from them, and yet mothers affected by the theft of their child for the adoption market are seen as an exception to those protected by Common Law, they are not deemed to have the same avenue to the legal system as any other victim of crime
The forthcoming apology may assist those mothers who felt they may have played some part in the surrender of their child, but will not placate those who know they have been treated unlawfully, and Origins Inc will continue to pursue accountability for those mothers who have been affected by these past unlawful practices either through the criminal justice system or though the Civil Law. (Lily Arthur, Origins, NSW)
4 comments:
A brave statement and a clear one.The struggle goes on......
Most excellent of Lily and the brave mothers of ONSW. The point has been made and I hope it is heard around the world. I intend to keep spreading it wherever I can.
If I could delete my previous comment I would.Time has indicated other agendas and that some are prepared to be abusive and bullying. The recent report on the Inquiry into forced adoption has acknowledged the damage done to adoptees and named it callous, abusive and cruel.
As is the treatment of the mothers, where it all began, Von. If the mothers had not been abused, there would be far fewer adoptees today. I am not sure what you are trying to say here, Von. Perhaps you could be more clear.
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