Adopted Child Adoption

Many children have been adopted throughout the world. While many of them do not know their origins, they grow up wanting to know about their birth parents. An adopted child may want to know if an illness he may be experiencing could be something genetic or is it something he or she is experiencing within themselves. This would be important regarding medical records, and having access to them for medical decisions. An adopted person may also like to learn about his ethnic background since that person may want to know about his or her ethnic roots. A person who was adopted may also wonder what his birth parents are like and why they gave them up for adoption. The emotional and practical issues are overwhelming and need resolution. Adoptees should …show more content…
It will not go away until it is answered. Only by opening sealed records could this happen for the adopted child. At one point in time, whenever an unmarried birth mother had a child, she was forced to give her newborn baby up for adoption. This kind of separation could lead to depression for the birth mother, and anxiety for the adopted child. By having access to the sealed adoption records, both mother and child can have resolution. Finding his or her biological parents gives the child better insight to understanding most of the events that he or she had to face. Many of the factors related to abandonment issues are due to finding out about the adoption. The psychological impact that this gives to the child is a negative factor compounding the difficulty of finding their birth parents. Opening records is a sensitive issue for all parties, but the adopted child or birth parent has the right to know. This should no longer be a request but a right. It is time for the government to grow a conscience and realize the lives they hold in their hands are …show more content…
Women who have reconstructed their lives may not have the mental capability to face their past. Birth parents have the right to their privacy forever. Open records would destroy this peace. Unexpected reunions could ruin the lives that the birth parents had built for themselves. It is up to the government to safeguard the secrecy of the records. If this promise of secrecy does not last it could shatter the birth parents’ structured lives. This kind of event can cause unnecessary turmoil. The birth parents should not have to go through this after signing legal documents promising their