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Tue 02 Feb 2010Committee finalises child rights proposals
MARRIED PARENTS could consent to having their children placed for adoption if a constitutional amendment on children’s rights proposed by an Oireachtas committee is supported in a referendum.
The wording for a referendum and a rewrite of article 42, which would recognise the rights of children as individuals, will be recommended by the Oireachtas committee on the constitutional amendment on children in its final report today.
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