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125,000,000 Americans (1/2 of U.S. population) have an adoption in their immediate family;
4,500 genetically transmitted diseases and AIDS cannot be disclosed, post-adoption, in most states (only added to a sealed file);
3 out of 22 items of basic information about themselves is all that is known to most adult adoptees surveyed;
4 states have "adult access" to the original pre-adoption birth certificate,
subject to repeated court challenges;
9 states have no disclosure provisions except by (rare) court order often denied by judges even to save the adoptee's life;
46 states have difficult conditions or high fees for disclosure via intermediaries;
99% of birthparents found by adoptees wanted to be found;
100% of adult adoptees found by birthparents wanted to be found;
93% of adoptees were pleased with the outcomes of their reunions;
$300-$3000 or more can be the price charged to an adoptee or birthparent for family identity, search or contact;
45% of all "602's" (felonies committed by juveniles) are by adoptees;
20% of adolescents in substance abuse treatment programs are adoptees;
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(*) Sources available, along with 50 pages of adoption-related statistics not available elsewhere, in "Statistics of Adoption" by Lori Carangelo (see Access Press book page)
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