What are some reasons to keep adoption records/OBCs sealed/closed?

Sly

I think that there are a couple of parties that have a vested interest in maintaining the sealed records. One is the agencies and facilitators and even the adoption attorneys who want to keep the means and methods used to obtain the surrenders from the mothers very much under wraps. There is little that the mothers have to hide, as we have usually had to give medical information unless our child is taken to one of the Safe Havens. It has been shown over and over and over that the majority of mothers do not want to be kept a secret from their children. They don't want their stories plastered all over the internet, or written about in some book but they want to know the children. However, the agencies, facilitators and attorneys have played fast and loose with the civil and human rights of the mothers and they enjoy the safety that the sealed records insure them.

Secondly, I believe that there are a lot of legislators and powerful men who are natural fathers and are terrified that their little bundles of joy are going to come home and make them accountable. During the BSE/EMS they did some pretty scuzzy things to insure that they had no price to pay and that their own reputations were unsullied by something like a pregnancy. The 'boys will be boys' mentality which we see today was alive and well years ago, too. I think they are scared stiff that their power and positions will be compromised when their now grown up act of cowardice shows up on their doorstep. How better to maintain their 'integrity' if they can keep those records sealed 'to protect the privacy of the mothers'. I don't believe for a second that they give a rat's @ss about our privacy, but they are WAAAAY concerned about covering their own!

Birthers are NOT mothers

There is no good reason for it. It is a document that belongs to the adoptee. Does anybody really benefit from it, probably not, but the adoptee can definitely suffer the consequences for it.

Opedial

The State would say it keep the privacy of the First parents. (I think this is hogwash, if you polled First parents I am pretty sure they would find that they would like them kept the same)

The State would say the Adoptive parents have benefited by being able to tell the children when the parents want that they are adopted. (stupid)

The State would say this helps in "labelling" adopted children and help the adoptive family act as a "real family". (I don't need a birth certificat which is a medical document to tell me I gave birth to children I never gave birth to) Total hogwash.

SJM

It's difficult to peddle bundles of joy for tens of thousands of dollars when the little urchins have the legal right to find their way back home. If nothing else, it is an acknowledgment that adoption may not be exactly the same as producing a biological child.

IDK!!

I think it is insane!!! No one benefits. Well obviously "Someone" does 'cause it still exists, but I just don't understand why.

I think the only reason would be to protect the child from their abusers, but in those cases a provision can be mad that the record will be unsealed at 18 and ONLY but the adopted person. The info belongs to THEM.

Back in the day it was meant to hide history.

michyme

Well if there is violence or drugs etc. in the biological parents lives it is probably good to keep them closed until the child is an adult. The reason is for protection of the child. I think when they are a certain age they should be able to open it if they want. Then they should know right from wrong and be able to protect themselves and make good decisions if it is still a bad situation.

purple_sakura_fairy

Everyone. the birther signed away her child, she is no longer a mother by her own choice. the person that raises a child is the parent. And the BC recognizes that.

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