[crayons]

It's pretty bad when agencies say, identifying information can't be disclosed to protect the first mom, when in fact, in so many cases, like mine, I'm not allowed to even know the state of adoption or if my child was adopted by a good family or if she is even alive. I know I never ask for my information to be protected. There should be a way for every person to know the other is OK, healthy and alive or passed away, instead of being told it is none of our business. People that have been and will be adopted, should not have to pay for information, that is about their own beginnings, it is their information and they did not ask to be adopted and their health and other information to be hidden away, it should be available to them, at no charge.