Should adult adoptees have access to their birth records and be able to learn the identity of their birth parents?

It is a question with two sides, that of the adoptee and that of the adoptee’s biological parents.

On one hand, every child seems to have an inner need to know from where they came.

On the other, an adoption agency promised a mother to keep her identity secret forever.

It would seem that the adoption agency should honor the mother’s desire for anonymity unless the mother reconsiders upon a request from the adoptee.
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