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The term "birthparent" refers to a parent who relinquishes a child to adoption. Birthparents are also known as original, biological, first and/or natural parents. The term birthparent is used here, because it is the most consistently used term for legal purposes. The term includes mothers and fathers who have knowingly, unknowingly, voluntarily or involuntarily had their progeny placed for adoption.
Nationwide, state-by-state, adults who were adopted as children are fighting to regain the right to access their own birth and medical records, denying this one class of citizens the same rights as all other citizens.
It is more profitable, however, for baby brokers to keep adoption cloaked in secrecy, and so this basic civil right has long been challenged by paid lobbyists for the National Council For Adoption (NCFA). Lacking factual justification for this discrimination, they claim that to restore the rights of adult adoptees somehow violates promises of anonymity that they allege were made to birthparents. Additionally, they falsely claim that allowing equal access to adoption records would escalate abortions.
Though totally unfounded and unsubstantiated, these assertions have garnered support from organizations such as the National Right to Life, some local chapters of the ACLU, the Catholic Conference, and the Bar Association, all of which have campaigned against open records legislation.
The time has come to set the record straight!
Why The BirthParent Project exists:
- To collect statistical data to present to lawmakers debating equal access legislation, and to the media.
- To collect copies of actual surrender papers to definitively establish what indeed was “promised.”
- To determine specifically and conclusively what birthparents asked for, or were promised, regarding having their identity kept secret from their offspring.
- To see to it that the truth of birthparents’ wishes, in regard to adoption records, are made known.
If you placed your child so he or she could have a “better life” and believe that better life does not include being denied the same rights as non-adopted citizens, then stand up and be counted!
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- Complete The Birthparent Project Survey.
This is a safe and secure process. Information that you provide in the survey will not generate any SPAM or be given or sold to any other group or organization. No names, email addresses or other contact information will be passed on to anyone without specific permission being requested and granted by you. All information is strictly confidential. No identifying information will be used, just statistical data and non-identifying comments. If you surrendered more than one child, please complete a separate survey for each surrender.
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- Send a copy of your surrender papers to bpp@BirthParentProject.org.
If you are not able to scan your documents to send them via email, contact The Birthparent Project for our fax number or postal mailing address.
- If you are a birthparent from New Jersey, please send an additional copy of your surrender papers to:
Deborah Jacobs, Executive Director, NJ-ACLU
P.O. Box 750
Newark, NJ 07101
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