Open Records for Adoptees
Isaac is in the process of applying for an Adoption Fellowship at Capital University. For the application process he has to write a brief essay on a current, substantive issue in child welfare or adoption law. After an evening of google searches he decided on the open record debate. This morning he printed off a bunch of articles to read today so he could make an outline for his essay. I was really quite disturbed by this:
CON: Against Open Records
Major Players
I don't understand why conservative groups would not want adoptees to have the right to find out who their birthparents are. This doesn't mean a right to contact them, just a right to know who they are. Am I wrong about this? I mean why would someone's birth certificate be a state SECRET!?! That doesn't make any sense to me, really it doesn't. Then I don't understand why the ACLJ would be against this. Someone please explain this to me.
CON: Against Open Records
Major Players
I don't understand why conservative groups would not want adoptees to have the right to find out who their birthparents are. This doesn't mean a right to contact them, just a right to know who they are. Am I wrong about this? I mean why would someone's birth certificate be a state SECRET!?! That doesn't make any sense to me, really it doesn't. Then I don't understand why the ACLJ would be against this. Someone please explain this to me.