Baby Bootees in Size Baby Please...

My cynical and non-maternal mind has convinced itself that it doesn’t want any children. Some readers may remember my previous rants about children as a puking expense. I’m really not the mothering type.

However, some positive news on Northern Ireland for a change. Junior Health Minister at the Northern Ireland Office in Westminster, Paul Goggins, unveiled a new approach to adoption in Northern Ireland which (rightly so) will put children's needs at the heart of the process. This means that same sex couples may get adoption rights.

Despite not being the paternal type, I do think that regardless of sexual orientation, if a child can be made happier by living in a loving home, then everything should be done for that child. Discrimination to potential adopters on grounds of sexual orientation is just that, discrimination.

In November 2002, the Adoption and Children Act passed into law and allowed unmarried couples, including same-sex couples, in England and Wales to apply for joint adoption. As usual Northern Ireland are a few years behind with such progressive measures.

I’ll get knitting my baby bootees and hope for the best.