Scheible, Sue,
Adoption Rights: Law Change Would Be Emotional. Sue Scheible. - Patriot Ledger, 2005. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Article 10, Family, 1522-3213; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Originally Published: Adoption Rights: Law Change Would Be Emotional, Jan. 29/30, 2005; pp. 1+.
This article examines proposed Massachusetts legislation that would provide adopted people born in that state with "a copy of their original birth certificate, with the names of their birth mother and birth father, when they turn 18. Their adopted parents could ask for the copy if the adoptee were still a minor." (PATRIOT LEDGER) The key points for and against the legislation are presented and the case histories of several adoptees are included.
1522-3213;
Adoptees
Adoption
Adoption--Law and legislation
Adoptive parents
Birth certificates
Birthparents
Birthparents--Identification
Intercountry adoption
Public records--Access control
Public records--Law and legislation
Massachusetts
AC1.S5
050
Adoption Rights: Law Change Would Be Emotional. Sue Scheible. - Patriot Ledger, 2005. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Article 10, Family, 1522-3213; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Originally Published: Adoption Rights: Law Change Would Be Emotional, Jan. 29/30, 2005; pp. 1+.
This article examines proposed Massachusetts legislation that would provide adopted people born in that state with "a copy of their original birth certificate, with the names of their birth mother and birth father, when they turn 18. Their adopted parents could ask for the copy if the adoptee were still a minor." (PATRIOT LEDGER) The key points for and against the legislation are presented and the case histories of several adoptees are included.
1522-3213;
Adoptees
Adoption
Adoption--Law and legislation
Adoptive parents
Birth certificates
Birthparents
Birthparents--Identification
Intercountry adoption
Public records--Access control
Public records--Law and legislation
Massachusetts
AC1.S5
050