When Sharon Smith first started looking for her birth mother, she was hesitant. She didn't want to hurt her adoptive mother or intrude on her birth mother's life. As time went by, she gathered small scraps of information and a family friend even gave her a name. But 15 years into a fruitless search, she's angry about state laws surrounding adoptees' birth records. Because the information Smith seeks exists on her original birth certificate — it's just that she isn't allowed to see it.
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Adoptees fight for view into past
Adoptees fight for view into past
When Sharon Smith first started looking for her birth mother, she was hesitant. She didn't want to hurt her adoptive mother or intrude on her birth mother's life. As time went by, she gathered small scraps of information and a family friend even gave her a name. But 15 years into a fruitless search, she's angry about state laws surrounding adoptees' birth records. Because the information Smith seeks exists on her original birth certificate — it's just that she isn't allowed to see it.
When Sharon Smith first started looking for her birth mother, she was hesitant. She didn't want to hurt her adoptive mother or intrude on her birth mother's life. As time went by, she gathered small scraps of information and a family friend even gave her a name. But 15 years into a fruitless search, she's angry about state laws surrounding adoptees' birth records. Because the information Smith seeks exists on her original birth certificate — it's just that she isn't allowed to see it.
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