US: Adoptees nationwide may soon gain access to their original birth certificates (Commentary)
Conversation – November 22, 2021
Americans generally take for granted their right to accurate information on their birth certificate. That is not the case for the nearly 5 million adoptees in this country. Once adopted, the courts replace the names of our birth parents with the names of our adoptive parents – and then seal the original record. Access is granted only through a court order. The question then is: Has the importance of sealing original birth certificates and replacing them with amended ones been outstripped by time and cultural change?
https://theconversation.com/adoptees-nationwide-may-soon-gain-access-to-their-original-birth-certificates-170165