MANILA, Philippines — A proposed legislation that would shorten the domestic adoption process in the country to at least six months has reached the Senate floor for plenary debates.
Senator Risa Hontiveros, chair of the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality, endorsed for plenary approval Senate Bill No. 1933 or the proposed Domestic Administrative Adoption Act during Monday’s session.
The bill is contained under Committee Report No. 147, which is signed by 15 senators.
In sponsoring the measure, Hontiveros said the existing process of domestic adoption in the country discourages parents from undergoing the legal process of adopting a child.
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