Warm greetings to all marchers
from the Australian Relinquishing Mothers Society of South Australia.
What a wonderful way to raise awareness of the loss and grief
of adoption. We wish you every success in your fight to have
adoption records opened. Access to knowledge about his or her
family is the right of everyone. We are confident you will
eventually succeed. The war is not yet won here, but several
victories have been won and most Australian States now allow varying degrees
of access to old adoption records by both adopted persons and birthparents.
It is important that both adopted persons and natural parents gain access
to adoption records. In South Australia everybody adopted since
1988, and their natural parents, have an automatic right to their original
birth certificate when they turn 18. Last year 5 adoptions
took place in South Australia. We hope next year there will
be none!! We understand your fight and we wish each and every
one of you success in your quest to find your family that is Missing in
Adoption.