Adoption groups demand inquiry into dissections

ADOPTION groups have received a large surge in calls to helplines following revelations that hundreds of dead babies from mother and baby homes were dissected in universities.

An RTÉ Prime Time investigation into vaccine trials carried out in the homes, found that more than 400 babies were dissected by medical students in a practice that continued into the 1960s.

Susan Lohan of the Adoption Rights Alliance said: “We had over 50 calls within the first half hour of the programme ending and it’s been the same today.”