Editing Mother and Child Scheme (section)

{{Short description|Former healthcare programme in Ireland}}
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The '''Mother and Child Scheme''' was a [[health care in the Republic of Ireland|healthcare]] programme in Ireland that would later become remembered as a major political crisis involving primarily the [[Irish Government]] and [[Roman Catholic Church]] in the early 1950s.

The scheme was referred to as the '''Mother and Child Service''' in legislation. A brochure, "What the new service means to every family", was prepared. It explained the new service but was not issued to the public. The scheme was engulfed in crisis before this could happen.