Zone1 Why did the Catholic Church fight so hard in NJ to stop adoptees from getting their original birth certificates

[LuckyDuck01!]

I was member of NJ care and an expert witness testifying before the senate and assembly for 15 years to open original birth certificates for adoptees. NJ Care was a group of adoptees and birth mothers fighting fir our right to know who we are and where we came from.

The Catholic Church was the most aggressive force against us. But they never produced a single witness. They argued abortions will increase, which is false, birth mothers have right to secrecy, that was struck down by the Oregon Supreme Court and upheld by the Supreme Court. I was talking to a nun during one of the hearings. This is what she told me.

Nuns get pregnant most iof the time a priest is the father. The church forces adoptions and uses private lawyers in NJ because they can be traced. SO adoptees and brth mothers are denied their human rights because a priest knocked up a nun.

In the end we won and records were opened.

Victims of rape and incest, as well as people that once the baby is born, often don't want the baby as it is a reminder of what happened or know they just can't take care of it. When that former child shows up on their doorstep and is told to go away, it does no one any good.
The original birth certificate should be unavailable to the adopted offspring. No sense in stirring up a lot of negative reminders and feelings.
I wasn't adopted, but my stance would be to just move on in my life. Hell, I don't even associate or talk with any of my actual relatives. To me, my family is my wife and daughter. I had two sons from a previous marriage, and they were infants when we split. I arranged child support, moved out of the area and never saw them again. When one of them tracked me down, I let it be known I had nothing to talk about and hung up. They aren't a part of my life and they've had nothing but 100% influence from their cheating mother, so I don't want any part of them.
It's best to let old wounds stay buried.

 

[Cougarbear]

Victims of rape and incest, as well as people that once the baby is born, often don't want the baby as it is a reminder of what happened or know they just can't take care of it. When that former child shows up on their doorstep and is told to go away, it does no one any good.
The original birth certificate should be unavailable to the adopted offspring. No sense in stirring up a lot of negative reminders and feelings.
I wasn't adopted, but my stance would be to just move on in my life. Hell, I don't even associate or talk with any of my actual relatives. To me, my family is my wife and daughter. I had two sons from a previous marriage, and they were infants when we split. I arranged child support, moved out of the area and never saw them again. When one of them tracked me down, I let it be known I had nothing to talk about and hung up. They aren't a part of my life and they've had nothing but 100% influence from their cheating mother, so I don't want any part of them.
It's best to let old wounds stay buried.

Sounds like the wounds were never buried. As far as the influence on them, apparently they may have also come to the same conclusion and were willing to find out what they missed out on. Apparently, they didn't miss out on anything but a poor rejected old soul who has no forgiveness in his heart and little love too. See, without 100% forgiveness, the past will never stay buried.