| # | Name | Comments |
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| 51 | Darlyne Lounsbury | Shame, shame on the Government of Australia.
Do the right thing and apologize! |
| 52 | PATRICIA GONZALES | |
| 53 | Anonymous | Anonymous |
| 54 | D Brook | Typical govt only saying sorry to those that would make them look trendier & win more votes. Get your head out of the sand Rudd & make good to the non indigenous who went through the same thing at the same time. |
| 55 | Rena Brook | Typical govt cover up. Both groups should have been apologised to at the same time. Right your wrong Dudd, er I mean Rudd. |
| 56 | Anonymous | Anonymous |
| 57 | Anonymous | Anonymous |
| 58 | Bryan N Griffin Jr | DO THE RIGHT THING!!! |
| 59 | sue macdonald | The lifelong trauma caused by these insideous, covert practices still shadow the lives of so many women and children today. Only the truth will enables the healing to begin. The secrets and lies need to be uncovered so that our children can cease living with the agony of thinking that they were unwanted and were just "given away"and their oppressed and victimised mothers stop punishing themselves by burying their emotions because they were told they had no right to have any. Mental illness and suicide is rife amongst those afflicted adoptees and their natural parents. Mr Rudd has been accused of misleading parliament in the last few days. All stops are pulled out to refute his villification. Yet we mothers have been fighting for decades for an enqiry in past adoption practices and an apology and it has fallen on deaf ears. If this country is to move out of the dark ages, the people involved in evil, illegal, dark age adoption practices need to be held accountable for their actions and the governments of this nation are responsible in apologising to us for deliberately ignoring the cruelty that was enacted upon us. |
| 60 | Carmel Ipock |
| 61 | Ms Judith Hendriksen | My first born a daughter born on my 17th Birthday 11th September 1973 taken for adoption by the Nuns, in the unmarried Mothers home I was sent too. Catholic Doctor told my Mum it was a lovely place, run by Nuns. I was told heaps of lies just one being since I was a minor and the decision was not mine to make. There is no doubt in my mind that thoses Nuns were finding babies for infertile married Catholic couples. Im one of the survivals meaning I am alive today to tell my story. But I did attemp suicide, due entirely by the fact bthat my daughter was stolen from me. I wasnt even allowed to see her, and when asked if I could one Nun said to me she is not your baby. I know of case where Natural Mothers and Adoptees have suicided, due to the barbaric practice of taking our babies away at birth. I want to give them all a voice with my petition here.I liken what happen to me and many other thousand young unwed
Mums war crimes, this did happen to us , and the govnerment of that day allowed it. Adoption was very much encouraged promoted and supported., in those times, and major abuses were rampant.
An apology at the very least is what I am aiming for. So that healing, for some, can just begin. Only the truth will set you free, and so is it. |
| 62 | Anonymous | Anonymous |
| 63 | Anonymous | Anonymous |
| 64 | sandi barry | to think that back then they thought that they could do that to us, I wish I had the courage to stand up for myself, but instead we all got very good at hiding it away in a dark place, an apology will help with the healing that us as women and mothers have to do . |
| 65 | michael payne | |
| 66 | Linda Parker |
| 67 | Gwen Rogers | When my daughter, aged 17, was pregnant many years ago the Doctor tried very hard to talk her into adopting. The tactic used was to tell her how the child would be looked down on and find life very difficult to be born to an unwed Mother. He tried bribery by saying he knew of a wealthy family who would pay for her hospital stay and would be able to give her child every advantage. He got angry with me when I told him the decision was hers but if she decided to keep the baby I would do all I could to help. She kept the baby, my granddaughter but the pressure on her was terrible wondering if she was doing the right thing. |
| 68 | Marilyn Murphy |
| 69 | Julie Paul and Amanda | We felt the loss of our beloved older sister too.
Taken for adoption. |
| 70 | Nyla Adams | this a horrible sad thing. Shame shame shame |
| 71 | Kirsty MacDonald | |
| 72 | rob vanderspil | fes up and cop your lumps. |
| 73 | Anonymous | Anonymous |
| 74 | Saani Bennetts | |
| 75 | Debbie Vanderspil | |
| 76 | lisa yelds | give us justice! |
| 77 | Shirley Laley | an apology is really needed |
| 78 | lynelle | |
| 79 | Anonymous | Anonymous |
| 80 | Izzy Labo | My sister was stolen from my mother right at her birth. When I was growing up I never knew whether my sister was dead or alive or even where she was. There was always an empty seat at our table. I missed all her birthdays and being there on family occasions and holidays. We have missed all the years and happy memories that could have been. I have watched my mother cry every year on my sisters birthday and on mothers day - why wasnt my family, my brother, mother and myself included in Rudds apology – didnt he think my family was worthy of an apology too? |
| 81 | Judy Sellers | |
| 82 | Judy Sellers | |
| 83 | Margaret Hamilton (alas qld) | I lost my son to adoption in 1966. Then I was a quiet young girl. The trouble with government and hospitals is they forgot that we young women would grow up and be a force to be reckoned with. Now is our time to stand up and be counted and we are certainly doing that! Keep up the pressure! |
| 84 | IPETITION TEAM | Hello from IPetition Team
There seems to be some problem with accepting comments on the petition. We are investigating what has caused it and why it occurred. Apparently, the comments that contain apostrophes or single quotes do not get accepted every time. It seems to be a random problem, so it might take a while to determine what is going on.
May we suggest that you enter the explanation in your petitions text, suggesting that signatories do not use apostrophe/single quotes when writing the comment, until we solve the problem.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Thank you |
| 85 | David Powell | I am a stolen white baby. I was born in1964 at a catholic run facility in Crows Nest, NSW. I am luckier than some, my biological parents located me when I was 36. I have no doubt my life would have been very different if allowed to take its natural course. Shit happens and life goes on but hypocrisy and double standards existed then and not much has changed now! |
| 86 | Trish Large (Alas Qld) | As a mother who had her baby stolen at birth ,begging to hear, see, and hold him all of which was denied and suffering severe verbal abuse by nursing staff . A social worker threatened deportationand and only obtained a signiture by lying about the releasment form. I have suffered severe heart ache ever since. |
| 87 | Mary Murray | My son is found. but he is damaged. You cared for them - no you did not |
| 88 | Jen Stein |
| 89 | Therese Hawken | i did not get to grow up with Mother and my Son did not get grow up with me ,Two generations torn apart.and i am still my mothers secret. |
| 90 | Katherine | I did not have my baby stolen for adoption in a Government institution My baby was passed to the adopt ors
She was stolen who apologizes to me and to the others like me ?
Who apologizes to the victims of Rapid adoption and in some cases castration
Please do not remove this from your site because you will loose credibility with government bodies because you are playing with the figures |
| 91 | sue | something happened to my post so here goes again.I would like to know what an apology would do to help me and the mothers who were not in maternity homes and who went into a public hospital with no idea of adoption but came out without our child. I want my say in front of an inquiry and I want recomendations from the inquiry and then when all is recorded they can apologise if they want. I say if we get an apology now we will be swept under the carpet like we have for the past 40 years. Not good enough in my opinion. |
| 92 | Margaret | For those who will find no solace or healing in a very belated and politically engendered apology for the atrocity of having our babies removed from us without lawful authority, this petition will be yet another betrayal and, worst of all, a betrayal perpetrated upon them from within their own ranks. The acceptance of an apology will enable these crimes and their devastating effects never to be addressed and for the enormity of that damage to be buried forever. These crimes against humanity warrant nothing less than a national inquiry. It’s too late for an apology. Every government of every state in this country has known for decades that what they did to us was illegal - not “inappropriate” or “unethical” - illegal. I beg you all, as sisters in unbearable suffering, to abandon this petition and call for a national inquiry instead. |
| 93 | Rosalie Wilson | i had a child stolen for adoption I do not want a useless apology I want a full National into illegal adoption practices in this country. Kevin Rudd was the chief of staff when the Goss govt illegally shredded important documents in what is known as as the Heiner Affair that related to the illegal treatment of state wards in queensland and known to be wanted as evidence. Why would we trust him as that was a criminal act. I do not want an apology and therefore a cover up I want an inquiry and I want my voice and the voice of other mothers who had their children stolen to be heard |
| 94 | Janette Lord | An apology would have been nice once upon a time but now I think it is all to late. I would prefer to see a national inquiry into past adoption practises. My darling mother went to her grave apologising to me for believing the lies the government representive told her. It was not her fault. |
| 95 | Anonymous | Anonymous |
| 96 | Barbara Maison | It is quite clear in the Petition text that this petition was created for mothers who do want an apology! |
| 97 | Lizzy Brew | I think there is wisdom is insisting that a National Inquiry precede an apology, as confession precedes forgiveness, paving the way for reparation. I am anxious for my son to know the whole truth, though not willing to sacrifice his birthright for a bowl of soup. |
| 98 | Amy |
| 99 | I. Labo | I cannot understand why you would come on a site that is supporting getting an apololgy to argue against it. You are either very rude or totally insensitive to others. You want an inquiry then fight for it not against those of us who want and need an apology for our healing. |
| 100 | Anonymous | Anonymous |