After children are taken from their homes, Saint Francis Ministries works to connect them with other family members to ...

We are a diverse coalition of advocates who want a fair compromise on the issue of opening adoption records. The bill sitting on the Governor’s desk, S799, is flawed legislation. We urge the Governor ...

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A new bill signed into law Friday will open all adoption records in Indiana finalized before Jan. 1, 1994. The records will open starting July 1, 2018, unless the birth parent files a contact ...

On November 13, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the adoptee access to birth certificates bill (S3419) that passed in both houses during the 2019 legislative session. The long struggle with lobbying by ...

(CN) - A 51-year-old alcoholic with a "hole in her soul" cannot find out who her birth parents are to help soothe her anxiety, depression and substance abuse, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled. When a ...

Oregon mother says she would have never found her son if not for adoption records law change Karen Gjerning talks about reuniting with her son four decades after she gave him up for adoption thanks to ...

Old adoption records housed at a state agency in St. Paul soon could become a more important resource for people researching their family histories. Minnesota is making plans to digitize about 5 ...

The woman who inspired the Oscar-nominated film "Philomena" asked senators to help reunite Irish mothers with their children who were given to American families in forced adoptions. By Tina Daunt ...