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    • Open Records: A Civil Rights Issue

    August 27, 2004

    Ethica believes that every American citizen should have complete and unencumbered access to information about his or her identity, including access to his or her original birth certificate, medical records, and social history. Ethica believes that limits on such access are a violation of a person’s basic human rights, and that equality demands that adult [...]

    Open Records: Talking Points

    August 27, 2004

    Adult adoptees are not allowed to access their original birth certificates and adoption records. No other American citizen is denied the right to his or her identity.
    Refusal of access is a violation of an adoptees right to equal protection under the law.
    Contrary to popular belief, records were not closed to protect the privacy of birth [...]

    The Battle Over Open Records

    April 1, 2004

    In most states, adult adoptees are not allowed to see their original birth records.

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