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Massachusetts ended its legislative session in January without passing An Act to grant equal access to original birth certificates to all persons born in Massachusetts. Bills will be refiled in the new session.

Access to one’s own birth certificate: A question of equality

By Kate Hogan, Sean Garballey, and Jamie Eldridge, MetroWest Daily News, February 24, 2018

Editorial - The Boston Globe - Adoptees have a right to access their identity

May 24, 2016

As You Were Saying ... Time to open adoption records Brenda M. Cotter Saturday, April 23, 2016 Boston Herald

Susan Campbell: Give All Adoptees Access To Birth Records, January 22, 2017 - Hartford Courant