this is the moment one group of birth mothers and adoptees heard about today s report. an official apology should be given in recognition of lasting suffering caused by adoption practices. cries. that s brilliant, really brilliant. decades after their forced adoptions, they are still broken. really brilliant. cries. among them, judy baker, who became pregnant in 1967. she was pressured to give up her baby daughter for adoption, simply because she wasn t married. 5a years later, she still can t understand why. how can you do that to a teenager? and to an innocent baby? how can you part them? simply because i was unmarried. in post war decades, some of the pressure on the women to give
children outside marriage. nearly 200,000 mothers were coerced into giving up their babies in the three decades after world war ii. duncan kennedy reports. this is the moment one group of birth mothers and adoptees heard about today s report. an official apology should be given in recognition of lasting suffering caused by adoption practices. she sobs. really brilliant. decades after their forced adoptions, they are still broken. really brilliant. adoptions, they are still broken. among them, judy baker, who became pregnant in 1967. she was pressured to give up her baby daughter for adoption simply because she wasn t married. 5a years later, she still can t understand why. how can you do that to a teenager and to an innocent baby?
a mother is to bring up their child. you must have heard a lot of harrowing things during your time on that committee. what has stayed with you the most, what has shocked you the most? ., , ., ., the most? two things. i asked one mother if she the most? two things. i asked one mother if she had the most? two things. i asked one mother if she had gone the most? two things. i asked one mother if she had gone on - the most? two things. i asked one mother if she had gone on to - the most? two things. i asked one mother if she had gone on to have | mother if she had gone on to have more children and she said she never wanted other children, all she wanted other children, all she wanted was her son and you can completely understand that. the other was a woman who went on to get married and have other children but her husband felt it was so shameful that before they got married she had had a baby when she wasn t married that he made her promise not to tell their children. it wasn t unti
that was i d forgotten about them. i didn t know they were still around. so here s what walker s campaign is saying about all of it and i quote here. herschel had a child years ago when he wasn t married. he s supporting the child. to suggest herschel is hiding the child because he hasn t used him in his political campaign is absurd. there are members who talk about the spouse, this b.s. and about fatherless homes and blah blah blah blah blah and here he is doing similar things. he s admitted to. so he s had this, but ordinarily these types of issues
boy s mother had to sue him for paternity and child support in 2013. even if you have to leave that woman, you don t leave the child. so, herschel, please say a few words. reporter: walker, who is running with the strong support of former president donald trump, regularly complains about absent black fathers. the problem we have is, we are going back to the mentality that the father leaves in the black family. he leaves the boys alone, so they ll be raised by their mom. reporter: in a statement tonight, walker s campaign says he had a child years ago when he wasn t married. and that he s supported the child and continues to do so. the heisman trophy winner won the hearts of georgians during his college football days. he won the republican primary last month with nearly 70% of the vote, despite allegations over past domestic violence and his struggle with multiple personalities. he was recently caught lying about graduating from college and working in law enforcement. in n