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House Committee Considers Adoption Rights

February 13, 2002
By: Justin Herndon
State Capital Bureau

The House Civil Justice Committee heard emotional testimony about allowing adoptees to obtain their birth certificate.

Justin Herndon has the story.


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Most supporters say a birth certificate is important for medical reasons, not just to find out who the birth parents were.

One adoptee testified that even after knowing who her parents were, she was missing vital information.

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Contents: After finding my birth mother I realized I was still missing something, an original birth certificate. I have an amended one, one that omits important details like my weight, my size, and the truth - that my birth mother gave birth to me.

Some legislators worry giving adoptees that information would violate the privacy of birth parents.

In Jefferson City, Justin Herndon.