Did adoption agencies and attorneys give birth parents the impression that their privacy from their relinquished children would be protected even though the law did not guarantee anonymity?
Any promises of anonymity made to birth parents were verbal in nature and not given on a consistent basis. The relinquishment documents have never contained any statement concerning birth parent confidentiality. Such documents stated that the birth parent might never reclaim her child or attempt to locate the child or contact the family. The law never mentioned confidentiality for birth parents. Many agencies and attorneys revealed the childs/birth parents name to the adoptive parents at the time of adoption. Adoptees often were given this information by their parents. Birth parents have no constitutional right to anonymity. Birth parents do not sign a contract guaranteeing them anonymity or a right to privacy. There can be no right, morally or constitutionally, to conceal the fact of parentage from ones own child. If there were such a right, how could paternity suits be allowed? In fact, the law has recognized paternity suits for centuries. Why does the law give relinquishing birth mo
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