{"id":179263,"date":"2024-08-30T00:00:38","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T23:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/a-mass-grave-forced-adoption-and-babies-left-to-die-inside-historic-church-homes-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2024-08-30T00:00:38","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T23:00:38","slug":"a-mass-grave-forced-adoption-and-babies-left-to-die-inside-historic-church-homes-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/a-mass-grave-forced-adoption-and-babies-left-to-die-inside-historic-church-homes-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"A mass grave, forced adoption and babies left to die: Inside historic church homes | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/oVqtjHsR5FQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"A mass grave, forced adoption and babies left to die: Inside historic church homes | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oVqtjHsR5FQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>In the decades after World War Two, teenage pregnancy outside of wedlock was viewed by society as the ultimate taboo.<\/p>\n<p>The consequences for some unmarried women were devastating.<\/p>\n<p>Between 1949 and the mid-1970s, an estimated 200,000 women were sent away to mother and baby homes run by churches and the state where babies were put up for adoption or died through poor care.<\/p>\n<p>An ITV News&#8217; investigation has found accounts of cruelty and abuse inside several institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full story here: https:\/\/www.itv.com\/news\/2024-08-29\/a-mass-grave-and-forced-adoption-inside-historic-church-homes <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the decades after World War Two, teenage pregnancy outside of wedlock was viewed by society as the ultimate taboo. 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