Politics intervene into the every day life; the idea of having policies or legislation is to protect the rights of the citizens of a nation, to see that their basic human rights are maintained and cared for. Adoption is a prime example of how the political sphere intrudes on the private sphere; it dictates rules about how an adoptee can behave in the perusal of their biological origins (Cahn and Singer, 1999:191). Further complications are created by politics by dictating the type of adoption that was agreed upon at time child’s adoption, this refers to the primary adoption styles of closed or open adoptions (Family Education, 2016). If the adoption is open then the child knows and potentially has contact with the biological parents.
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The access to non-identifying information is available in all states in America as per provisions made to statues in the law (Child Welfare Information Gateway, 2015; Fair, 2008). Only 26 states however allow birth parents to access non-identifying information about the child in question (Child Welfare Information Gateway, 2015). In order for the child to obtain birth records, if the biological parents did not consent to the file ever being opened or for the information identifying them to be given out then a court order must be put in place to unseal the records. The Mutual Consent Registry is one method the United States has adopted to combat the issues of crossing state lines and ascertaining willingness and unwillingness for contact between biological parents and children (Fair, 2008:1048; Oklahoma Department of Human Services, 2015). The Oklahoma Department of Human Services (2015) states that they aim to “match” biological kin but that both parties must register with the service in order for there to be a …show more content…
It causes a rift in the private sphere where children are unable to obtain information they seek in tracing their history to understand who they are and where they came from especially if consent is not mutual, the state is removing the choice of the perusal of information dictating how reproduction is to be framed legally and therefore formalize the framework of reproduction and alienate adoptees from finding a portion of their identity ergo politics cannot be extracted from the pursuit of information in
The access to non-identifying information is available in all states in America as per provisions made to statues in the law (Child Welfare Information Gateway, 2015; Fair, 2008). Only 26 states however allow birth parents to access non-identifying information about the child in question (Child Welfare Information Gateway, 2015). In order for the child to obtain birth records, if the biological parents did not consent to the file ever being opened or for the information identifying them to be given out then a court order must be put in place to unseal the records. The Mutual Consent Registry is one method the United States has adopted to combat the issues of crossing state lines and ascertaining willingness and unwillingness for contact between biological parents and children (Fair, 2008:1048; Oklahoma Department of Human Services, 2015). The Oklahoma Department of Human Services (2015) states that they aim to “match” biological kin but that both parties must register with the service in order for there to be a …show more content…
It causes a rift in the private sphere where children are unable to obtain information they seek in tracing their history to understand who they are and where they came from especially if consent is not mutual, the state is removing the choice of the perusal of information dictating how reproduction is to be framed legally and therefore formalize the framework of reproduction and alienate adoptees from finding a portion of their identity ergo politics cannot be extracted from the pursuit of information in