Adoption | Adoption Records Should Remain Sealed
In American adoption, birth records have traditionally been sealed to protect birth parents and children from the stigma of adoption and unwed parenthood. Today, many birth parents establish relationships with their children after adoption while others wish to remain anonymous. In the following viewpoint, Ira Carnahan contends that adoption records should remain sealed if the birth parent requests it. Carnahan contends the movement to make sealed adoption records accessible to all adult adoptees, spearheaded by the adoptee rights organization Bastard Nation, threatens the right to...
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- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Should Adoption Be Encouraged?
- Chapter 2: Whose Rights Should Be Protected in the Adoption Process?
- Chapter 3: What Types of Adoption Should Be Encouraged?
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Chapter 4: Should Adoption Policies Be Changed?
- Chapter 4 Preface
- Adoption with Clear Familial Boundaries Is Best
- An Open Adoption Policy Is Best
- Adoption Records Should Remain Sealed
- Adoption Records Should Be Opened
- Policies Should Emphasize Family Preservation
- Policies Should Not Emphasize Family Preservation
- The Internet Should Be Used to Recruit Adoptive Families
- Internet Adoption Remains a Gray Area
- Chapter 4 Periodical Bibliography
- For Further Discussion
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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