Who to believe: The National Council for Adoption or the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute?
In "Mutual Consent: Balancing the Birthparent’s Right to Privacy with theAdopted Person’s Desire to Know," Marc Zappala (NCFA supported) argues against Madelyn Freundlich's "For the Records: Restoring a Right to Adult Adoptees." Freudnlich's work is supported by the Evan B. D. Institute.
Instead of looking at the studies for bias, which will clearly be present in any study, I looked at the websites. The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute is research focused and run by an adoptive parent at this date with membership being adoptees, first parents, adoptive parents among others. The National Council for Adoption's membership is adoption "entities." Those who make money from adoption placements are the ones who support NCFA; of course, this organization and its published work support secrecy. Secrecy is necessary to maintain the cash flow. If the truth is revealed about adoption in America and its inherent problems, then the cash flow could be interupted or even cease.
Do read the links, think about the studies. But do not forget the biases of the funding institutions.
Title: For the Records: Restoring a Right to Adult AdopteesAuthor: Madelyn FreundlichPublished: 2007 November. New York NY: Evan B. Donaldson Adoption InstituteDocument Type: White Paper (31 pages)Availability: PDF Full Report Executive Summary Glossary of Terms Web Page Press Release
This study, published as part of National Adoption Awareness month, represents the most comprehensive examination to date of one of the most controversial, emotional issues in the modern adoption world: whether adopted people, once they become adults, should have access to their original birth certificates. This report suggests that all states change their laws so that the answer is "yes." This policy paper is the result of the broadest, most extensive examination to date of the various issues related to state laws governing adult adopted persons' access to their original birth certificates and/or adoption records; and recommendations in this paper are drawn from a review and analysis of past and current state laws; legislative history in states across the country; decades of experience on relevant issues; and the body of research relating to sealed and open records on the affected parties.
Mutual Consent: Balancing the Birthparent’s Right to Privacy with the
Adopted Person’s Desire to Know
Marc Zappala
https://www.adoptioncouncil.org/resources/documents/NCFAAdoptionAdvocateVolumeNo10.pdf
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