Open Records for Adoptees

Open Records for Adoptees - this is a very important issue. Unlike people who were raised by single parents, guardians or foster care providers, people who were adopted are deprived of information about their origins: their true mother, father, grandparents, siblings and ancestors. In fact, their family is deprived of information about their adopted-out family member as well.

And as more children are turned into "orphans" artificially by surrogacy, sperm or egg "donation" or embryo adoption, the same human rights issues arise. Surely every human being has a right to know WHO THEY REALLY ARE.

Open Records should be enacted immediately - and for all family members separated by adoption.

Persons who were adopted are often called "adopted children" even well into adulthood. They are being TREATED like children by the government as well - being denied their civil rights, human rights and freedom of information guaranteed to all other adult citizens.

People like to scare adoptees, telling them they will be "interfering" in their mothers lives if they contact them. This is nonsense. Many moms would appreciate knowing their now-adult child is alive and well. The level of contact - or whether to continue contact - can be agreed upon by those family members who have been separated by adoption just as the level of contact is agreed upon by family members who were never separated.

Adoptee Open Records - this is a very important human rights issue.