I blogged last month about two children being forcibly adopted when parents were wrongly suspected of abuse. As a father, that case made my blood run cold.
Today's Times carry's an even more worrying report alleging that there are more than 100 of these 'wrongful adoption' cases every month and it appears that Government targets are to blame. Each year some 1,300 babies under a month old are placed in care before adoption, compared with 500 when the Government came to power.
The worst thing about all this is that the Courts will not reverse cases where children are wrongfully adopted, even when social services admit they have made a mistake. This should just not happen in a civilised society. Government needs to act to change this.
