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Adults who were adopted as children are forbidden unconditional access to their original birth certificates in all but 6 states and 2 commonwealths in the United States (Kansas, Alaska, Oregon, Alabama, New Hampshire, Main, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands). Adult adoptees in most of the advanced, industrialized nations of the world have unrestricted access to their original birth records as a matter of right. Scotland, England, Sweden, The Netherlands, Germany, South Korea, Mexico, Argentina, and Venezuela are only a few of the many nations which do not prevent adult adoptees from accessing their own birth records.  Visit Bastard Nation to learn more and find links to local and national adoptee rights organizations.