The Interdisciplinary Alliance for Children (IAC) has prepared a briefing paper to lobby MPs ahead of the second reading of part two of the Children, Schools and Families Bill next week.
The IAC, which counts the National Children's Bureau and NSPCC among its members, argues children will be reluctant to disclose abuse if expert reports can be reported openly, making it harder to safeguard children effectively.
It is opposing any changes before there has been an independent assessment of the impact on children of the government's proposals.
The media have been permitted to attend family court hearings since April 2009.
Part two of the Children, Schools and Families Bill proposes to relax the rules on what can be published by the media.
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