YES to #36 Our proposed LDA notification system
Imagine finding out you are adopted ay 50 ?
Advocates are very concerned by this increasingly common experience.
We want the West Australian government to take responsibility for their role in allowing this situation to manifest.
Closed forced adoption practices ended in the early 1990’s - yet in 2025 adopted people are still being treated with the same level of secrecy from this period.
People have a right to know who they are.
Was my adoption forced ?
Most people can reconcile that our mothers were often ‘forced’ into adoption by people in power, hospital staff, welfare officers, family members, religious figures and the moral panic of shame. Have you ever considered that adoption was also forced on adopted people ?
