Originally Posted by madamekelly

This will probably start an argument, but I have always felt that sealing the records was an attempt to hide a 'mistake' for the parents, and as usual in all things related to children, their rights don't matter. Just because the parents made a 'mistake' the child must suffer a life of doubt and ignorance. People always say you should never demean an absent parent to a child because it is half of who the child is, does this mean that only children with two known parents might be damaged? Hiding who he is from a child does more damage in my estimation. I am not adopted, but many of my friends are. My best friend was adopted, and she went to her grave never knowing who she was. All she knew for sure was that she came from the area of a reservation, and that she looked Native American. Her last words were "Who am I?" Knowing her is what gives me my opinion. Equal rights should apply to adoptees.