Despite opposition from the right, the National Assembly adopted Friday, December 4 the flagship measure of a bill LREM on the adoption of children, which opens this possibility to unmarried couples.
This article 2 authorizing full adoption for PACS or cohabiting couples was voted by show of hands, to applause.
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Secretary of State for Children Adrien Taquet recalled that currently, the only possibility for these unmarried couples is that only one of the two members adopts the child.
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By strengthening the filiation to the two members of the couple, we strengthen the rights of the child
", especially in the event of the couple breaking up, he opposed to the arguments of the right, standing up against the measure of openness.
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If only the best interests of the child prevail, then it is preferable to offer him as many guarantees as possible
" and therefore to stick to adoption for married couples only, said Thibault Bazin (LR).
His colleague Xavier Breton criticized a “
conception
” of the majority with regard to adoption “
based on the desire of adults
”.
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Modernity who cares
": "
marriage offers legal security that neither the PACS, nor cohabitation
", also advanced Emmanuelle Ménard to the extreme right.
Another target provision of the right: Article 2 of the bill also provides that adopters must "
be able to provide proof of a community of life of at least one year
" (against two years today). hui) or “both
be over 26 years old
” (against 28 years).
“
One year of living together to make an adoption decision is a bit light,
” Ménard said.
The Secretary of State underlined that these were “
floors
” for being able to apply for approval for adoption, and that the average age of adopters was in fact 41 years.
The rapporteur Monique Limon (LREM) defended the “
balanced
”
position
of the bill, also facing amendments from her camp aimed at further lowering the minimum age.
The debate on the filiation of children born by surrogacy (surrogacy) abroad returned briefly in the hemicycle.
The “
walker
” Raphaël Gérard lamented that “
the intended parent must resort to adoption
”, and asked “
not to discriminate against children according to their mode of conception
”.
Taquet replied to this deputy and to the former LREM Guillaume Chiche, also at the forefront, that they did not have "an
appointment
" to reopen this debate, already settled in the context of the examination of the bill. of bioethics.