Should mothers who give their children up for adoption be allowed to keep their identity secret?
Every “yes” answer is just one more piece of evidence that adoption is NOT about the child. Stripping a child of his or her identity, and then denying them their heritage… Wow, the lack of compassion from people on this board is startling. I hope each and every one of you experiences discrimination in your lifetime. Then you might know what you are voting “yes” for. ETA: Despite one poster’s “intuition” on the matter, surveys have shown that over 90% of first mothers want contact. (To be clear, though, this information isn’t about contact or reunion. It’s simply about information that the child has a basic human right to.) Further, there is no “contract” preserving anonymity. Not one person has ever produced any legal document whatsoever proving a legal promise of anonymity. This is one more piece of misinformation people have about adoption. And to the poster that thinks discrimination is okay as long as it’s just a little bit of discrimination, you are, indeed, part of the problem.
