Bill would give NY adoptees access to birth certificate, medical history
Adoptee rights movement grows
Adult adoptees in New York State would be able to obtain a copy of their original birth certificates and a medical history form, under a bill proposed by Assemblyman David I. Weprin (D-Fresh Meadows).
The bill would also provide a birth parent with a form letting the child know if they wanted to be contacted by the child or through an intermediary.
Weprin, along with co-sponsor Senator Velmanette Montgomery (D-Brooklyn) and other representatives held a joint press conference with the New York Statewide Adoption Reform’s “Unsealed Initiative” at City Hall to support the “Bill of Adoptee Rights.”