ADOPTION OF BABIES
CRITICISM BY JUDGE OF MAORI LAND COURT
(New Zealand Press Association) WHANGAREI, August 31. “Babies are being made commodities, subject to the law of supply and demand. I think it is entirely contrary to public policy that people should be asked to pay sums of money to obtain babies.”
This criticism of present adoption practices was made by Judge Clarke, of the Maori Land Court, in an interview during a sitting of the Court at Whangarei. Four adoption cases came before Judge Clarke, the Maori Land Court having exclusive jurisdiction over adoptions by Maoris. In two of the cases, he said, babies had been obtained on the payment of money. It was wrong, he said, that people should have to pay up to £2O to secure a baby for adoption. It was against public policy, and against reason.
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Press, Volume XC, Issue 27443, 1 September 1954, Page 6
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