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Roe vs Wade definitely changed things but all of us who are adopted basically at birth - even today - were all carried by women who had no intention of keeping us but did not want an abortion. Even in the 50's and 60's abortions were available, illegally of course, but available. I didn't know that until finding my bmother who said she did choose to have me.
You are right that bmothers could basically say anything they wanted for the non-identifying information. But they did have to sign legal papers to surrender us and those had to be signed with their legal names.
As far as the lengths girls and their families went to to hide us, it was a definitely different time in those days. You might want to read "The girls that went away" - it talks about being pregnant in the days before Roe vs Wade. I had always appreciated what my bmom went thru but I was truly grateful after reading the horror stories in this book. I was shocked - it was almost like reading a book about the middle ages - the thinking was so different then.
Good luck as you move to the next step.
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