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I think those who adopt perfectly healthy infants with biological parents who are perfectly healthy with no mental health issues is actually rare.  Most people are not going to describe the health background of the biological parents and they may never mentioned their adopted child's issues to prevent judgement.[/quote]

Do you have any basis or source for this statement?  Or do you just know a couple of adopted children who have physical or mental health issues?  B/c I know plenty of seemingly-healthy people who have had biological kids who end up having problems too.  It's not always something obviously hereditary.  Sometimes it's just luck of the draw no matter how you come by your children.    [/quote]I think pp is right. An agency is not focused on finding parents, but finding babies and doing the placements. If there is something in the background that the adoptive parents should know, they have no legal obligation to necessarily disclose.
Likewise they will disclose on some selected pieces of information on the prospective parents to potential birth mothers, so it works both ways.
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OP here.  So you're saying that if we work with an agency and they have relevant information about the child's health history, we are not legally entitled to know it?  Can any BTDT parents tell me if this is true?  I'm frankly finding it a bit hard to believe.  But then again I've never done this.[/quote]

Any good and ethical agency will share with you as much as they know.  It benefits no one to hide medical information.  I worked with Adoptions Together and for the most part I would recommend them.  Do you homework when you chose an agency - some are not as good/ethical as others.[/quote]

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