International Adoptions in Switzerland: Ban or Reform?

Neue Zürcher Zeitung

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Minister of Justice Beat Jans was in need of explanation after the Federal Council wanted to send a ban on international adoptions to the House of Representatives. After an emotional debate in the National Council, Jans stood up to the Council of States on Wednesday.

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The proposal of the Federal Council to put an end to adoptions of children abroad has aroused strong reactions. After the National, it is the turn of the Council of States to ask it to review its copy and to study their retention with a reform of the law. It is a subject as delicate as it is sensitive that was on the table of state councillors this Wednesday morning in Bern: that of international adoptions. On 29 January last, Federal Councillor…