Adoption Records

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Adoption Records

Blogger Gershom at Without a Tribe is keeping track of Open records bills around the country. February 17, 2008

Some bloggers who write about access to adoption histories:

The Daily Bastardette
Nullius Filius the Adoptee Rights.net blog
Musings of the Lame
Having been Adopted
Easy Activism
Adoption and its Triad
Adoption Blogs
Harlow's Monkey

and some websites:

These are just a small jumping off point for a discussion about the rights of Adoptees and their families (both biological and adoptive) to open access to records. What are your thoughts on the issue?

Here is a recent news article about access to adoption histories: Pitt conference explores adoption options. October 7, 2007

From the article:

"A key issue for adoptees is gaining access to birth records, Novy said. In Pennsylvania, birth records were closed in 1984. Attempts to convince the Legislature to change that law haven't been successful.

"Historically and psychologically, it can be shown that people benefit by having their records open to them," Novy said. A few states have such open records laws."

A new report urges that access to birth records be permitted. November 11, 2007

Vigorous commentary came after National Public Radio posted this piece:Adopting Open Records. 11/13/07

Adoption institute urges opening access to birth records 11/14/07

Adoptees birth records should be open to them 11/20/07

November 23, 2007: Keys to the past

November 28, 2007: Mass. Set To Open Adoption Records

Advocates of opening records pursue an anti-adoption agenda 12/3/07

Open records, gay adoption, and “Depakote babies” from Paradise Preoccupied 12/4/07

December 12, 2007: Tennessee law pioneered adoption records access

December 13, 2007: Missouri adoptees hope for better records laws

December 15, 2007: Open-records group is not anti-adoption

January 11, 2008: Another Reason To Move Towards Open Adoption Records.