Adoptees demand right to past Activists fight for access to their birth records, but mothers say they were promised anonymity. Now, two sides take battle to Ore. court. By Patrick McMahon USA TODAY MANZANITA, Ore. …

Washington CityPaper Washington’s Free Weekly Vol. 19, No. 20 May 21-27, 1999 Illegitimate Complaints Veterans of a D.C. home for unwed pregnant women demonstrate for open adoption records. By Susan Gervasi In 1966, after two …

By Jessica Branch Do adopted children have the right to know about their birth parents? Do you have a right to find your mother? Does she have the right to stop you? As courts and …

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 …

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 …