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Should a birth giver have to right to say “no contact” when giving up a baby for adoption?

Friday, December 18th, 2009
innocence faded asked:


My friends and I were talking about this one day.

The reason that some women give for having abortions is that they do not want to give up a baby for adoption, only to have them suddenly appear in their lives years later, without caring what this “blast from the past” will do to their present lives.

If a current (I guess as of the time of the child’s birth) health history of the birth giver is given, do you think the birth giver should have the right to have it said in the records that she wants no contact ever? What about in the case of ****? Should the birth giver be allowed to have it in the records that the child is a product of a rape, therefore she does not want the person coming back and digging up painful memories?

DENNIS