| An Australian member of parliament has called for | | | | of drug-using parents, and not their children. She |
| the children of drug addicts to be permanently | | | | said there are hundreds of parents who are |
| removed from their parents and offered for | | | | desperate to adopt children and give them love |
| adoption. Liberal MP Bronwyn Bishop wants to see | | | | and good homes, but “there is this |
| adoption, rather than fostering, used to separate | | | | ‘biology first’ principle.” |
| children from parents who are battling addiction. | | | | By ignoring that successful drug rehab can keep a |
| Excuse me, but has the honorable member | | | | family together, and tossing “this biology first |
| completely forgotten about successful drug rehab | | | | principle” on the trash heap, Ms. Bishop nullifies |
| programs? | | | | both the proven breakthroughs in the science of |
| Ms. Bishop, who is currently chairing an Australian | | | | drug rehab, as well as one of the most primal |
| parliamentary inquiry into the impact of illicit drug | | | | urges of human history and experience – the |
| use on families, told the Australian Broadcasting | | | | urge for one’s own biological parents, and |
| Company's Four Corners program that the | | | | children. |
| current system is skewed towards the interests | | | | |