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A group of adoptees met at the state Capitol recently to advocate for access to original birth certificates. (MPR Photo/Nanci Olesen)

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Birth mothers, adoptees debate open access to birth certificates

Broadcast: Midmorning, 03/17/2008, 10:06 a.m.

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People who were adopted may gain access to their original birth certificates if a bill before the state Legislature passes. But is the bill putting the interests of the adoptee before the rights of their birth parents?

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  • Sandy Sperazza: Birth parent of Beth Meyer.
  • Beth Meyer: The daughter Sandy gave up for adoption. They were later reunited.
  • Madonna King: President of Children's Home Society and Family Services, an adoption agency in Minnesota.

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