No Confidentiality Promised For Birthmothers
We the undersigned, do declare that we are Birthmothers who placed a child for adoption and that we were NEVER promised confidentiality by ANYONE involved in the adoption process nor did we ever want... continue reading »
"I support this petition"
"I was not promised confidentiality. In fact, I was promised that I would see my son again."
"I am a birthmother looking for my rights. I live with unanswered questions and a hole in my heart."
"Confidentiality will not fix a "hole" in a heart. A child needs the opportunity to be an adult and two adults need to make the decision about whether or not to be in each other's lives."
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"No one discussed confididentiality with me. Even if they had, the shame associated with being an unwed mother in 1965-66 is no longer a concern. My concern is providing answers to my son. There are some medical issues that outweigh any obstacles that the "
"I support this petition"
"This issue is highly important for the happiness, health, and civil rights of adoptees."
"I was never promised and I would never want it!!PLEASE OPEN THE RECORDS AND GIVE BACK TO THE ADOPTEE'S THEIR BIRTH RIGHTS. STOP ALL THE SECRECY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"I support this petition"
"I am proud to sign this petition which was sent to me by my relinquished daughter, with whom I am joyously reunited. Brithmothers NEVER forget and want to be found!"
"Never promised confidentiality"
"I support this petition"
"I do not have any papers to show that in 1965 I surrendered my son; what I do have is an emptiness that cannit be filled."
"I support this petition"
"I was a Birth Mother and I would like my son to have the option to find me."
"The truth is there was no need to tell us anything about confidentiality. To promise us confidentiality would only invoke confusion to the birth mother. Many of us were trying to figure out how to keep our child... then came the lies....."
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"I support this petition"
"I was never promised confidentiality nor did I expect it."
"I support this petition"
"My child is now an adult and should have the right to his original birth certificate and any other identifying information. We are reunited despite the government's ridiculous "safeguards" of my privacy."
