Once a child is adopted from foster care, it’s as if they are reborn in the eyes of many child welfare agencies. In required data reports to the federal government, these agencies remove evidence that ...

A state law that went into effect just this summer is making it possible for people to access thousands of adoption records for the very first time. The information in those records means siblings ...

“Adoption day is too often thought of as just this wonderful, nice, rosy thing. But I hope people will rethink what adoption is like for both the mother who gives up the child and for the adopted ...

In a study that is unlikely to find favor among privacy advocates, researchers from two academic institutions warned that increased efforts to protect the privacy of health data will hamper the ...

LANSING — State auditors will get access to the confidential adoption records they seek for their review of child placement programs, the Court of Claims ruled Thursday, a decision that should allow ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – A state law that went into effect just this summer is making it possible for people to access thousands of adoption records for the very first time. The information in those ...

SALT LAKE CITY — A bill allowing adult adoptees to access their original birth certificate passed through the Utah Legislature Friday with a final vote in the House. HB129, sponsored by Rep. Raymond ...

INDIANAPOLIS – A proposal to expand Indiana adoptees’ access to more than 50 years of sealed records appears to be dead this session, to the disappointment of some advocates. The records of children ...

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 ...

Persuading influential medical centers to adopt electronic medical records helps speed adoption by their neighboring hospitals, according to a new report. A new study detailed in the current issue of ...

Re “With DNA and Friend’s Help, a Dying Son Finds His Father” (front page, Oct. 10): If we continue to keep the process of finding one’s birth family and opening birth records as difficult as possible ...