The Adult Adoptee Movement calls for better access to birth parents' medical history
After Dawn McLean was treated for breast cancer her research revealed her birth mother died from the same diseaseA new group of adoptees are campaigning for better access to their birth parents' medical records.
Her adoptive father died and adoptive mother remarried and Ms McLean said she was made to feel as if she was in debt to them. After receiving treatment, she sought out her natural mother's family only to find she had died of breast cancer.At present, birth parents can choose to have adoptive children notified of a serious disease but there is no obligation - and if an adopted adult asks and a birth parent refuses, there's no right to see the records.
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