NEW YORK, NY May 14, 2004 — Since the 1950s, adopted children in most states have not been allowed to view their original birth certificates. Those records were sealed. Slowly, the stigma of being an unwed mother, and of being adopted, has changed, and so have the laws. Earlier this week, New Hampshire became the seventh state to open birth records to adoptees. WNYC's All Things Considered host Amy Eddings speaks with Adam Pertman, author of Adoption Nation, about open birth records.