I wasn't planning to spend an hour watching a film but I got hooked on the emotional stories of adoptees in Illinois who obtained their original birth certificates when the law changed in 2011 (albeit with a veto option).
Adoptee Jean Strauss’s film
"A Simple Piece of Paper"
vimeo.com/88410746
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What happens when a state allows adopted citizens to have their original birth certificates? In 2011, Illinois became the largest state in the Union to reverse sealed records laws, providing 350,000 a...
