Should an adopted adult have the same rights to identifying information about his or her origins as all non-adopted adults?
Often the circumstances surrounding adoption are tragic and/or exceptional. I think it would be essentially responsible to have health information recorded, and available, but if the parents wish to remain anonymous and have that specified in the adoption contract, I think that's something we must honour too, as a matter of legal trust. What's the reason we need to open the adoption records? Just for emotional satisfaction, or is there something practical involved beyond just having any medical/DNA history available?
