Time to reform adoption laws has arrived

Our outdated adoption laws must be changed to give people the right to their identity and treat everyone with the respect that they deserve writes Adoption Rights Alliance, Dr Aisling Parkes and Dr Simone McCaughren

THE issue of consent in the context of adoption has come under close scrutiny in recent times with many natural mothers claiming that far from adoption being a voluntary process, it was one that was evidently forced.

The fact is that unmarried mothers were not always informed about the permanent removal of their children and they were certainly not counselled as to the long-term consequences that lay ahead.