Following decades of calls for action, the Education Select Committee has recommended the government provides a formal apology and begins working with survivors.
Fielder said her mum “had no other choice” other than to give her up “and as a result of that she was dead by the time she was 38”.
After reading her adoption files, she said: “It’s quite heartbreaking to see the letters that go from the adoption agency to her asking her to sign her rights away knowing that she was desperately trying to find somewhere to live so she could keep me.
“I think an apology will go a long way towards acknowledging the fact that there was harm done,” said Fielder, adding that this would make it easier for those affected to access mental health support.
The adoptee said she would also like people like her to have a marker on their medical records because having to repeat her background to medical professionals “is very, very triggering”.
In the report published on Friday, the Education Select Committee recommended the government must provide an “unqualified formal apology” to all those affected by forced adoption in the UK.
Source: ‘My mum took own life after forced adoption – now I want an apology’