Summary
A BIRTH certificate is one more document in life's file folder, tucked alongside a Social Security card and a passport. But not if you are adopted in New Jersey. Adoptees are not allowed to see the original paperwork that includes their birth parents' names.
Adults who were adopted as children should have that right, and soon they will, if a bill that made it out of a Senate committee last week is passed by the Legislature. We hope it is.See the full content of this document
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Family Matters
The idea has been kicking around since the 1980-81 Legislative session but has been strongly opposed by some religious, anti- abortion and civil rights gro...
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