Petition · past parliament · Department for Education
End forced adoption
Closed
259 signatures
What the petition asks
Forced adoption, or non-consensual adoption, allows the UK government to put children up for adoption without parental consent.
Consider consensual adoptions only and to reverse all other adoptions.
Punishment without crime must be eliminated from our legal system.
Consider consensual adoptions only and to reverse all other 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.
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
| 13 May 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 13 Nov 2021 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
259
Status
Closed
Department
Department for Education
Opened
13 May 2021
Closed
13 Nov 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.