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We were made to believe what they were doing was best for me: survivor
When describing her experience in an Irish mother and baby home, Anne Harris feels privileged compared to what others went through.
"I feel almost guilty that I got off so lightly, to be quite honest," she told The Current's Matt Galloway.
Harris was 19 years old when she was put into a mother and baby home in August 1970. The institution was just one of 18 Irish Catholic Church-run homes meant for unwed expectant mothers.
There, Harris gave birth to and was separated from her first child, who was taken away by an adoption society.
A disturbing report into Ireland’s mother and baby homes, where unwed mothers were sent to give birth and forced to give their babies up for adoption, says along with other indignities, 9,000 babies died in the care of the 18 homes. The Irish Catholic Church, which ran the homes, has apologized and the prime minister is also expected to apologize this week.
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