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  • Adoptees Fight for Birth-Records Bill (Should adoptees access original birth certificates?)

    03/01/2006 8:14:44 PM PST · by fight_truth_decay · 28 replies · 1,211+ views
    PortlandPressHerald ^ | Wednesday, March 1, 2006 | TESS NACELEWICZ
    AUGUSTA ‹ Darren Clukey told state lawmakers Tuesday that learning his birth mother's identity has allowed him to answer a question at the doctor's office that most people take for granted: "What's your family medical history?" "Knowing my history is my right and denying this right to others is wrong," said the 33-year-old Yarmouth resident, who was born in Biddeford and adopted as an infant. Clukey testified before the Legislature's Judiciary Committee in favor of a proposed law that would allow Maine-born adoptees - age 18 or older - to get a copy of their original birth certificates. Adoptees say...