Any other citizen of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is entitled to their original birth certificate, contact with their biological parents and are immune to governmental control of their communications with their biological parents. Adoptees are not afforded these privileges and immunities but are subject to government control of their personal information. No other adult in Pennsylvania suffers the injustice and invasion of privacy. The United States Supreme Court has ruled that the receipt of information is part of the right to free speech guaranteed in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Prior restraint, as this section alludes to, is the administrative or legal requirement that outlaws the speech or receipt of information before the speech or receipt occurs.
Prior restraint is illegal unless it is very narrowly tailored to a state s compelling interest.
Receiving personal, vital information about one s self in no way threatens the integrity or security of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or the United States. Therefore, it cannot be in the state s compelling interest to withhold this information. The argument can be made that this section protects the birth parents privacy. Privacy was certainly not granted during those 14 years. Also, the constitutional right to privacy only guarantees the right for individuals to conduct their personal business in the means that they see fit.