Tragic, but ultimately the state is at fault for not supporting these poor women and their children. It should never have happened.
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What of the father's responsibility?
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There's no uniform response—Complaints abt having to pay for a child they didn't want or having no say for a child they did.
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Besides, this is a non-issue. The fathers were already out of the picture and the women strung up as sinners.
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The sinners here are quite possible the nuns
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I don't know what the nuns did or didn't do, but they most likely lacked the funds to properly care for these women and kids
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The nuns were paid by the State. They hired the kids out to local farmers. They also sold them into adoption.
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I forget that Catholicism is practically state religion in Ireland. My American-ness is showing.

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Amazing article. Thank you for investigating the lives of these unheard women and children.
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sometimes it's hard to be Irish and catholic when you read this. Some of those nuns where horrible
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nuns were horrible,hateful acts and attitudes are directly related to the papal/church theology, nuns following orders.
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Shocking what happens when you shame women for reproductive activity and deny access to abortions and medical care.
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And the woman who uncovered this story a couple of years ago was pilloried for saying it. Hope a lot of crow is being dished out.
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"The remains are of some of the 796 children who died at the home over more than three decades." Discarded like trash. Sinful.
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just like the horrific Magdalene Laundries. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdalene_Laundries_in_Ireland …
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the remains of 800 children? Genocide?
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pro life till it's born
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Another example of pro-life ends at birth. Sickening.
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