2014
DOI: 10.1177/0308575914543233
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Domestic adoption in Ireland: a shifting paradigm?

Abstract: Domestic adoption in Ireland has been traditionally extremely controversial and its history, linked to the strong influence of the Catholic Church on the Irish state, has left a difficult legacy. In many respects the topography of contemporary domestic adoption in Ireland is now changing, presenting a critical opportunity for a national paradigm shift. However, while there is some evidence of change, a number of factors threaten the potential for more significant progress. Tensions exist between historical ado… Show more

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“…Giving birth to a child outside of wedlock was viewed in society as unspeakably scandalous and such mothers were condemned as sinners and their children as tainted (Milotte, 1997). Adoption was therefore regarded as the 'complete' solution, shielding mothers from the social stigma and shame of pregnancy outside marriage and protecting the children from the stigma of 'illegitimacy' while also tending to the needs of couples unable to have children of their own (McCaughren and Lovett, 2014). Adoption practices for several decades were largely closed and characterised by secrecy.…”
Section: Closed Stranger Adoption: the Irish Contextmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Giving birth to a child outside of wedlock was viewed in society as unspeakably scandalous and such mothers were condemned as sinners and their children as tainted (Milotte, 1997). Adoption was therefore regarded as the 'complete' solution, shielding mothers from the social stigma and shame of pregnancy outside marriage and protecting the children from the stigma of 'illegitimacy' while also tending to the needs of couples unable to have children of their own (McCaughren and Lovett, 2014). Adoption practices for several decades were largely closed and characterised by secrecy.…”
Section: Closed Stranger Adoption: the Irish Contextmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…While there is some evidence of change, existing tensions between the historical and current legislative bases of domestic adoption threaten the potential for progress (McCaughren and Lovett, 2014). The path to legislative change in respect of search and reunion, in the form of the Adoption Information and Tracing Bill 2016, has been particularly protracted.…”
Section: Closed Stranger Adoption: the Irish Contextmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Ireland Adoption has had a controversial history in Ireland, involving extreme secrecy (cf. now Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016, not yet passed at the time of writing) and stigmatised unmarried mothers cruelly treated in mother and baby homes and essentially forced to agree to the child's adoption (McCaughren and Lovett, 2014). Conversely, married parents were unable voluntarily to have their child placed for adoption until a change to the Sloan 682 international journal of children's rights 28 (2020) 666-688 Constitution (Irish Constitution, article 42A.3) and the implementation of the Adoption (Amendment) Act 2017 (see further Sloan, 2018a).…”
Section: 3mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Ireland Adoption has had a controversial history in Ireland, involving extreme secrecy (cf. now Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016, not yet passed at the time of writing) and stigmatised unmarried mothers cruelly treated in mother and baby homes and essentially forced to agree to the child's adoption (McCaughren and Lovett, 2014). Conversely, married parents were unable voluntarily to have their child placed for adoption until a change to the Constitution (Irish Constitution, article 42A.3) and the implementation of the Adoption (Amendment) Act 2017 (see further Sloan, 2018a).…”
Section: 3mentioning
confidence: 99%