(December 7, 2015 at 1:36 pm)Dystopia Wrote: Regardless of the fact that it is wrong to discriminate against gay parents, I believe it is wrong and against one's basic dignity to deny information regarding who we are. People have the right to know who their bio parents were, as much as they have a right to a "name" - Yes, you have the right to a name that serves as an identifier of yourself, and you can legally change it - I'm sure 100% of people here have a real life name. My GF started reading books about adoption later to understand the phases she went trough. It's not easy. Hiding things will usually not help. Many kids want to find out who bred them, it's normal. It doesn't mean they will ditch the adoptive parents and go live with their bio parents, they might even hate those people, but curiosity is normal.
Great points here. However, what if you have a woman who wants NO involvement in the child's life and does not want her information ever given to the child? What if the woman just wants to move on with her life and be left alone? If she doesn't know who fathered her child, then any medical history for the paternal side of the child is unknown. If she gives as much medical history for the maternal side as she knows, then I believe the woman has a right to be left alone - even after the child reaches 18 years of age. Not all adoptions are the same and mothers have different reasons for why they choose to give up their child.
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