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Uncovering the cruelty of Ireland's 'mother and baby homes
Survivors recount the cruelty of Ireland's church-run mother and baby homes, where unmarried pregnant women were treated as criminals.
A sobering, essential account of a national scandal told by those who lived it.
‘If you got pregnant, that was a crime’: uncovering the Catholic zealotry and cruelty of Ireland’s ‘mother and baby homes’
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