Open Records Poll - Final Results

Open Records Vote
Final Results

Polls opened: 21 January 1999
Polls closed: 15 March 1999

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Overall Results | Results By Group
Primary Reasons Cited - By Group - By Position
Selected Comments From Voters
Adult Adoptees |Birth Parents | Adoptive Parents
Birth Family | Misc. Others

Overall Results

FOR unrestricted access to original birth certificates for adult adoptees	91.4%

AGAINST any access to original birth certificates for adult adoptees	1.4%

COMPROMISE on access	7.2%

TOTAL	100.0%

Results By Group

Primary Reasons Cited - By Group - By Position

GROUP	POSITION

Adult Adoptees	FOR
	civil/equal rights current medical information heritage, origins

Adult Adoptees	COMPROMISE
	to allow either adoptee or birth parent to refuse contact, or to control timing free access to medical information, but respect birth parent privacy for contact

Birth Parents	FOR
	an end to secrecy which produces shame and guilt facing the truth promotes healing civil/equal rights

Birth Parents	COMPROMISE
	want to understand the "why" of the search before agreeing to contact

Adoptive Parents	FOR
	civil/equal rights heal child's feelings of rejection heritage, origins

Adoptive Parents	AGAINST/COMPROMISE
	no comments submitted

Seeking To Adopt	FOR
	current medical information

Seeking To Adopt	AGAINST/COMPROMISE
	no comments submitted

Birth Family	FOR
	civil/equal rights current medical information

Adoption Counselors	FOR
	no reasons given

Misc. Others	FOR
	current medical information

Misc. Others	COMPROMISE
	no comments provided

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