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Reform the grueling adoption process- successful placements are appallingly low

Submitted on Monday 7th October 2019

Rejected on Tuesday 8th October 2019

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)

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Reform the grueling adoption process- successful placements are appallingly low

Petition Details

In 2012, only 1 out of 8 couples (3,028 out of 25,380) succeed in the adoption process, prompting calls for social workers to be less punitive in their assessment. In 2018 it is 3,820 with less adoption interest as 62% IVF success increase. 600,00 interested to adopt except for the grueling process

Additional Information

93,000 children in the UK are in care, they are vulnerable to health inequalities and are at significantly higher risk of mental health issues. SMF (2018) refer to the ‘silent crisis’ of 65% of local care authority providers which are judged as requiring improvements. The inhumane adoption route is shown to cause distress described as ‘wholly consuming’, frequently experienced by people traumatised by involuntary childlessness or child loss e.g. your ex being asked if you should be a parent.


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