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I learnt all about adoption and the fact I could adopt despite being single and also I could give up work and there would be an adoption allowance to help me adopt.”

Lucy B, 51

Other people answering Why did you decide to adopt?

  • Video by Oona

    “...adoption seemed like a way of getting a baby instead of getting a bill”

    Oona, 41

  • Video by Robert and Marilyn

    “When the youngest of our oldest children went off to university, Marilyn got a very bad case of empty nest syndrome. ”

    Robert and Marilyn, 61 and 56

  • Video by Collette and Adam

    “So it was just really because we didn’t want our son to be an only child.”

    Collette and Adam, 41 and 39

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