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Books of birth certificates are archived in Ohio Department of Health Vital Statistics building in Columbus. An Ohio law that has kept 32 years of adoption records sealed will sunset Friday, permitting some 400,000 adoptees to ask for their original birth certificates. (Associated Press)

Adoption records unsealed as Ohio law makes 400,000 birth certificates available

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

Law grants adoptees access to birth certificates

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FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2013 file photo, Ohio Gov. John Kasich speaks in Cleveland. Partisan politics are coloring governors&#8217; decisions on whether to expand Medicaid in their states, affecting billions of dollars and thousands of low-income Americans. Whether those people receive Medicaid coverage may have little to do with their need, and much to do with the way their states vote in gubernatorial elections, including primaries. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)

Adoption reform activists buoyed by Ohio’s new birth certificate access law

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times