Should an adopted adult have the same rights to identifying information about his or her origins as all non-adopted adults?
I'm not sure. I think there are many issues involved here. Obviously, there are numerous emotional issues around discovering your origins and some people truly yearn to reconnect with their biological roots. However, oftentimes the reasons people give children up for adoption can be difficult wounds to open. I think there may need to be timelines around when someone can access this information, but otherwise I think that adopted adults should have access to this information. There may be significant medical information that an adopted adult should have privy to.
