Issues in Adoption | A Voluntary Registry System Is Preferable to Open Records Laws

Editor’s note: The following is taken from testimony before Congress in 1998 regarding proposed legislation to establish a national voluntary adoption reunion registry. Although the Senate passed the legislation in 1997, the bill died in the House of Representatives.

My name is Naomi Cahn, and I teach Family Law at George Washington University Law School, where I am an Associate Professor of Law. I have taught Family Law at George Washington University for the past five years; prior to that, I was a Visiting Professor at Georgetown University Law Center, where I taught...

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