Sunday, September 30, 2007

Ray Scott, Family Coalition Party, Algoma-Manitoulin

Should an adopted adult have the same rights to identifying information about his or her origins as all non-adopted adults?

To your specific question, the answer is Yes. Adopted adults should know about their heritage, and particularly need to know about the medical histories of their birth parent's families.

If you were to ask if adopted adults should be able to find out specifically who their birth parents are, against the birth parents' wishes, my answer is No.

My party is a pro-life party. A mother giving a child for adoption might consider anonymity necessary in her decision to not abort. Having to disclose her identity in the future could result in her deciding to abort rather than bring a child to term. That is why the Family Coalition Party must be opposed to full identify disclosure if it were against the birth parents' wishes.