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Adoptee’s Birth Parents to Be Removed From Family Registry
From the Korean Times:
A lawmaker called Wednesday for the passage of a bill that would remove the names of adoptees’ birth parents from their family relation certificates, an official document commonly required here for job and visa applications.
Currently, the certificate lists the name, date of birth and resident registration number of both the foster and birth parents.
“Recording and managing personal and family relationship information should be handled as a separate matter from deciding what scope of information should be included on a particular certificate,” said Rep. Hong Jung-wook of the governing Grand National Party (GNP).
Hong said unnecessary information that may arouse social prejudice or discrimination should be eliminated or minimized from official documents.
“The protection of privacy should always be addressed before disclosing personal information through an official document,” he said.
If the bill passes through the National Assembly before the end of its regular session on Dec. 9, the revision would likely take effect from June next year, Hong said.
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