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Adoption – an adoptees right! ... By denying adopted individuals the right to have access to their original documents you are denying them the right to know where they come from, their heritage, and most importantly you are denying them the right to know their family medical history.
There are millions of adoptees in the United States that are unable to acquire this important information. For most adoptees the need to determine the background is to fill a void in their life and for some, the need to know where they come from and the reason why their birthmother decided to put them up for adoption. ... These are just some of the many reasons why adoptees should have open access to their medical records that were recorded at the time of birth. The Philadelphia Inquirer ran an article in 1996 “Medical fears pull adoptees to past ~ they want to know their disease risks. ...
However, the Uniform Adoption Act of 1994, which has been passed along from state to state in an effort on getting it passed as a universal law – prohibits all records from being released for 99 years from the date the adoption decree was filed. ... Also, under the Uniform Adoption Act of 1994, if you are caught giving unauthorized disclosure identifying information that is confidential, this is considered to be a misdemeanor and punishable by fines and or jail time.
Approximate Word count = 1083
Approximate Pages = 4.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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