Philomena Lee

diabeticmum

Hoping some of you saw the courageous brave woman that is Phlomena Lee on the Late Late show Friday night, she has given her name and support to the Philomena Project to help birth mothers like herself find their children and change the draconian laws we have here in Ireland. If you have a minute could I ask you to give some support to this very worthy
http://www.change.org/petitions/the-catholic-church-help-women-find-information-concerning-their-lost-children?share_id=wXURqBOnNB&utm_campaign=share_button_mobile&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition

Thanks a million

lazygal

It'd be nice if Catholic religious orders kicked in a few bob.

diabeticmum

lazygal wrote: »

It'd be nice if Catholic religious orders kicked in a few bob.

So true but highly unlikely and right now its basic human rights adoptees are looking for

diabeticmum

lazygal wrote: »

It'd be nice if Catholic religious orders kicked in a few bob.

So true but highly unlikely and right now its basic human rights adoptees are looking for

diabeticmum

Everyone feel free to copy and paste link. I was young single girl when I had my daughter in 1994, if she was born even 5 years earlier odds are the nuns and social workers would have forced me to give her up for adoption. Funny enough we managed just fine and she is now a smart beautiful caring and intelligent young woman. There is someting wrong in a country where the state wont move out of the clutches of the church. We need to move on , please sign and pass on.

eviltwin

Signed and shared. Anyone else shocked that adoptees don't have an automatic right to this information?

January

eviltwin wrote: »

Signed and shared. Anyone else shocked that adoptees don't have an automatic right to this information?

Agree, my partner is adopted and because his birth mother does not want to be contacted we have no medical information for her... we have met his birth father and he filled us in as much as he could but he's not 100% on things.

lazygal

eviltwin wrote: »

Signed and shared. Anyone else shocked that adoptees don't have an automatic right to this information?

No. Some people who gave up children for adooption only did so on the understanding there would be no information given at all.

I think everyone has the right to know their medical history though. I don't think someone should have to give up the right to that.

jos28

Signed and shared. Every mother has the right to know what happened to her baby

diabeticmum

Thanks everyone,

weetiepie

Signed and shared. Thanks for posting..

diabeticmum

Your so welcome this is so important , its terrible we have an 80 year old heroine going around the world fighting for adoptees and birthmothers to get their OWN info and the media isnt iinterested and the tds are hoping we ll just disappear. Feel frr to copy and paste and share link. Thanks

NeonCookies

Signed, and going to share on Facebook too. I'm an adoptee, as is my brother (different birth parents) from the late 80's and early 90's. Neither of us have any idea of the circumstances our birth mother's were in and haven't made the decision to search for them yet. But we (and they) should be able to more easily than is possible currently.

diabeticmum

Neon cookies your so right. Hopefully with alk the publicity philomena is getting laws will change. Here is the site again for anyone who may have missed it. Please sign and share with friends. www.thephilomenaproject.org