Real-life Philomena urges change to adoptive-records law

The government has been urged to change the laws which prevent adopted people from accessing their birth records.

Real-life Philomena urges change to adoptive-records law

The government has been urged to change the laws which prevent adopted people from accessing their birth records.

It comes from the Philomena Project, who have the backing of Philomena Lee, the woman whose 50-year search for her son is now a book and an Oscar nominated film.

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