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When Peggy Klappenberger was adopted as an infant, she received a new birth certificate with her new name and the names of her adoptive parents. She’s never seen her original birth certificate because Maryland sealed it after her birth mother relinquished her.
Adoptees call for access to original birth certificates in all states
Updated Apr 29, 2021; (TNS)
Peggy Klappenberger of Crownsville, Md., has a little game she plays with her two teenage sons. Every time she drives by the hospital where they were born, she points to the window of the room where their birth took place. She makes a point of telling them, over and over, that they are seeing the building where they came into the world.
It may seem like a harmless quirk, but there’s a reason it’s so important to her: Klappenberger doesn’t know the name of the hospital where she was born. She doesn’t know her original name, either.
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Adoptees Press States for Access to Original Birth Certificates
April Green, left, a public records aide, helps Joan Morgan, center, of Mt. Kisco, New York, and Joseph Pessolano, second from right, from the borough of Staten Island, as they file their pre-adoption birth certificate applications. New York is one of only nine states that allow adoptees unrestricted access to their original birth certificates. About a dozen states are considering bills to also do so.
Mary Altaffer
The Associated Press
Peggy Klappenberger of Crownsville, Maryland, has a little game she plays with her two teenage sons. Every time she drives by the hospital where they were born, she points to the window of the room where their birth took place. She makes a point of telling them, over and over, that they are seeing the building where they came into the world.
I am denied, by the state of Maryland, access to my Original Birth Certificate a certificate that was issued nearly 50 years ago. Why? Because I was adopted.