The home, which was run by an order of Catholic nuns and closed in 1961, was one of many such institutions that housed tens of thousands of orphans and unmarried pregnant women who were forced to give up their children throughout much of the 20th century.

In 2014, historian Catherine Corless tracked down death certificates for nearly 800 children who died at the home in Tuam between the 1920s and 1961 — but could only find a burial record for one child.

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[–] 15 points 1 year ago (11 children)

This is probably from poor medical care.

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    Not really abortion if it's post-birth, is it? Once they're born, if you kill them, that's simply murder. The line is drawn at birth. Otherwise, where do you draw the line? "Billy was killed at age 13 months and Tommy was killed at age 11 months. Thus Billy was murdered and Tommy was post-birth aborted..." No. They're both murdered.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    There are thousands of diseases that historically kill newborns. Modern medicine helps with a lot of them from vitamins to antibiotics to surgical interventions.

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    You have a serious case of "didnt read the article" going on here. The deaths were already recorded - they were known and nobody was hiding the deaths. They were hiding the bodies.

    They pulled up the septic tank because there werent any graves for all the death certificates. This is improper burials. The reason there are so many deaths is likely just poor medical care as the article notes the place closed in the 1960s.

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