Report: Let adult adoptees see files; Only 8 states allow access. Backers see benefits when birthparents and children connect.

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  • Author(s): By:David Crary, The associated press
  • Source:
    Orlando Sentinel, The (FL), November 12, 2007 A SECTION FINAL, 2pp
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    • Abstract:
      NEW YORK -- It's among the most divisive questions in the realm of adoption: Should adult adoptees have access to their birth records and thus be able to learn the identity of their birthparents? In a comprehensive report being released today, a leading adoption institute says the answer is "yes" and urges the rest of America to follow the path of the eight states that allow such access to all adults who were adopted...