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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Adoptees push for new lawsBy JOYCE KIRTLEY World Staff Writer 12/4/98 People across the country seek access to their original birth records. Judy McCoy walked into the vital statistics office on Greenwood Avenue on Thursday …

Adoptees protest laws that keep them from heritage FINDING THEIR ROOTS By Matthew I. Pinzur The Macon Telegraph For 30 years, Michelle Hills knew her own name. Two weeks ago, that changed. Adopted in Pasadena, …

The Daily Mail Thursday, Dec. 3, 1998 Catskill, N.Y., Vol. 119, No. 291 A1, A10. by Deborah Clemans, Daily Mail Staff Writer. Christopher Philippo of Rensselaer has spent many long hours searching for information on …