Published on April 25, 1999 Debate on birth records goes to court Adoption activists say it’s their constitutional right to find out where they’re from By Gayle Vassar Melvin TIMES STAFF WRITER Adoption activists say …
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Pennsylvania already denies adoptees access to their birth records. Now activists are fighting a proposed law that would make it a crime to search for birth parents. by Frank Lewis The meeting occurred almost 20 …
Continue readingBirth rights: Woman’s search for her parents leads to a pivotal role in worldwide organization that champions adult adoptees
By DEBBIE BLOSSOM SUN Staff Writer There was a time when Pat Marler couldn’t even say the word “bastard.” Today, however, it slips easily into her conversations, and she even has a T-shirt that is printed with …
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Letters to the Editor March 10, 1999 Adoptees without rights I am proud to say that I am not a raving lunatic, and I’m sorry to disappoint you but I, for one, have never had …
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Letters to the Editor March 1, 1999 As your editorial “Fight over adoption secrecy” (Feb. 22) points out, there are many sides to the debate over adult adoptees’ birth records. Unfortunately, Time magazine and your …
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Adoptees’ campaign for the right to their birth records Although I am 44 years old, it no longer surprises me to see myself referred to as a “child” or to have a cutesy-pie baby graphic …
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San Francisco EXAMINER EDITORIAL WRITER Feb. 22, 1999 ———————————————————————- ———- Adoptees’ drive for right to identify birth parents can conflict with elders’ need for privacy IN APPROVING a two-sentence initiative last November, Oregon voters set …
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By Suzanne Curley. STAFF WRITER A FORTY-something friend of mine brought me to tears a few years back when, gazing at the face of her newborn child, she said, “It’s the first time in my …
Continue readingHappy Birth Certificate Day
Dec. 3 was the first day adult adoptees born in Oregon were able to request copies of their own birth certificates, thanks to a ballot measure approved last month. It also was the day some …
Continue readingAdoptees seek state’s help to ease their hunt
Published Sunday, December 6, 1998, in the San Jose Mercury News Adoptees seek state’s help to ease their hunt Open-records law urged BY STEVE JOHNSON Mercury News Staff Writer She was adopted 22 years ago when …
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