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2. Sealed birth records - Wikipedia

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   Sealed birth records refers to the practice of sealing the original birth certificate upon adoption or legitimation, often making a copy of the record unavailable except by court order. Upon finalization of the adoption, the original birth certificate is sealed and replaced with an amended birth certificate declaring the adoptee to be the child ...

3. Adoptee rights - Wikipedia

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   Some reproductive rights activists saw adoption reforms as a necessary component of people having the right to make free decisions concerning reproduction. [16] While support for adoption is widespread in the United States and other Western countries, some adoptee activists are supportive of policies that make adoption less frequent, such as ...

4. Jean M. Paton - Wikipedia

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   Jean M. Paton (1908 – 2002) was an American adoptee rights activist who worked to reverse harmful policies, practices, and laws concerning adoption and closed records. Paton founded the adoptee support and search network Orphan Voyage in 1953, helping connect adoptees with their birthparents, and was instrumental in the creation of the ...

5. Nightlight Christian Adoptions - Wikipedia

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   The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services funded an Embryo Adoption Awareness Campaign beginning in 2002. [34] In 2013 the program had a $1.9 million budget. [35] From 2011 to 2012, the number of embryo adoptions rose 25% in the U.S. [18] As of January

6. Closed adoption - Wikipedia

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   Although rare, a small number of people have been prosecuted over the years for violating the confidentially of sealed adoption records. In 1998, Oregon voters passed Measure 58 which allowed adoptees to unseal their birth records without any court order.

7. Boomers are sad they may never be grandparents as fewer ... - AOL

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   The birth rate in America has long been on a decline, with the fertility rate reaching historic lows in 2023. More women between ages 25 to 44 aren’t having children, for a number of reasons.