IFPA submission on Reform of Adoption Legislation
July 2003
The Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA) welcomes the current review and consultation process that has been initiated by the Government in relation to adoption legislation in Ireland.
We believe that this move to modernise Ireland’s adoption laws is long over-due.
As an organisation which offers non-directive pregnancy counselling, we have some experience of interacting with the existing adoption authorities through clients who have explored adoption as an option.
As far as possible, in this submission, the IFPA has focused on the questions raised in the discussion paper and legislative proposals. However, we have also used the opportunity of this submission to raise, what we perceive, are information and research gaps relating to the area of adoption.
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