Petition · past parliament · Department for Education
End Forced Adoption
Closed
2,169 signatures
What the petition asks
Forced adoption, or non-consensual adoption, allows the UK government to put children up for adoption without parental consent.
This petition calls for the UK Government, to end its forced adoption policy - Consider consensual adoptions only and to reverse all such adoptions.
This petition calls for the UK Government, to end its forced adoption policy - Consider consensual adoptions only and to reverse all such adoptions.
Punishment without crime must be eliminated from our legal system.
Forced Adoption can cause life long pain and suffering, for the children and families involved.
Concerns around human rights, healthy development in forcibly adopted children and heightened trauma experienced by vulnerable parents has led to the majority of countries implementing consensual adoption practices.
Forced adoption has to end. It is emotional abuse.
Forced Adoption can cause life long pain and suffering, for the children and families involved.
Concerns around human rights, healthy development in forcibly adopted children and heightened trauma experienced by vulnerable parents has led to the majority of countries implementing consensual adoption practices.
Forced adoption has to end. It is emotional abuse.
Timeline
| 11 Sep 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 11 Mar 2021 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
2,169
Status
Closed
Department
Department for Education
Opened
11 Sep 2020
Closed
11 Mar 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.