Woman Who Had to Give up Baby Urges Ottawa to Apologize for Forced Adoptions
Christine Nayler spent only four hours with her newborn daughter at a hospital north of Newmarket, Ont., in 1982, before her baby was taken away from her. Then a 15-year-old expectant mother living in Toronto, Nayler was sent to a relative’s home north of the city to give birth. She was expected to return home without the child. While she was being repeatedly told she couldn’t keep the baby, Nayler was still hopeful that her family would change their mind. But they didn’t. “I always say that the day that I left the hospital without her was my death day because I feel like I died that day,” said Nayler, who now lives in Barrie, Ont....
Woman Who Had to Give up Baby Urges Ottawa to Apologize for Forced Adoptions Christine Nayler recounts the traumatic experience of having her newborn daughter taken away just four hours after birth in 1982. As a 15-year-old, she was sent away to give birth and expected to return home without her child. Nayler describes the profound grief and lasting impact of this forced separation, stating she felt like she died that day.
- Christine Nayler gave birth in 1982 at a hospital north of Newmarket, Ontario.
- Her newborn daughter was taken away after only four hours.
- Nayler, then 15 and living in Toronto, was sent to a relative’s home to give birth and expected to return without the baby.
- She describes the experience as feeling like her own death.
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