Claim: Adoption without parental consent is unusual outside England and Wales.
Fact-check: Are we unusual in permitting non-consensual adoption? - Full Fact
Verdict: research suggests that all or most other european countries do allow non-consensual adoption in some circumstances. but it seems much rarer in practice than in england and wales.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Conor James Mckinney
Date published: 2015-11-02T00:00:00