‘At 53 years of age, I finally got my birth cert’
Louise Martin is many things; a nurse, a wife, my mammy and an adopted child Though for many years the latter part wasn’t Louise’s main concern, her parents had always been honest about how they had become a family and celebrated it. “I was always told I was adopted, there was no issue behind it. […]
2 years ago
This mum’s campaign changed Ireland’s step-parent adoption laws
Birth mothers were being forced to ‘adopt’ their own children.
9 years ago
Would you sign your child away? A plea to every mum to help change the Adoption Laws
In conversion with Milana: Dear Mothers, My name is Milana and like all mothers, I love my children, Vanessa and Harry, dearly. A couple of years ago, myself and my husband Patrick made the decision to unify our family under the Step-Parent Adoption Process – thus allowing Patrick (who is not Vanessa’s biological father) to […]
11 years ago