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On Wednesday, New York became the 10th state allowing adoptees unrestricted access to their original birth certificates, a change that adopted people are calling monumental in their decades-long fight for the right to their birth records.
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In her gut, she thinks she’ll embark on the journey to find her birth mother, but hasn’t made the decision yet.
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Starting Jan. 15, adoptees over the age of 18 in New York state will be able to access their birth certificate
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"For too many years, adoptees have been wrongly denied access to this information, and I am proud to sign this legislation into law and correct this inequity once and for all."
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Adoptee rights advocates are applauding state lawmakers for passing legislation that grants adoptees access to their original birth certificates.
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"Why should we be treated any differently than anyone else?" asked Annette O'Connell, spokesperson for the New York Adoptee Rights Coalition.