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Tue 05 May 2009Don't throw the baby out with the bath water

OPINION:The Oireachtas is debating adoption: can we please keep sight of what this is all really about, writes SHANE DOWNER

IT’S ABOUT children. Adoption is about children. It involves a lifelong journey, and it is a private and individual story. It provides loving and secure homes for children, and enables family formation.