Here's the latest stats on OBC requests in Oregon, New Hampshire, Alabama, and Maine.

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from:  http://www.myspace.com/califopen

OREGON
May 31, 2000-January 16, 2008
Records sent: 9,267
Contact preference forms submitted by birthparents: 503
Number asking for contact with adoptee: 391
Number asking for contact through an intermediary: 29
Number asking for no contact: 85
SOURCE: Oregon Center for Health Statistics..

NEW HAMPSHIRE
January 4, 2005-January 9, 2009
Records ordered: 1,181
Contact preference forms submitted by birthparents: 61
Number asking for contact with adoptee: 42
Number asking for contact through an intermediary: 7
Number asking for no contact: 12
SOURCE: New Hampshire Department of State Division of Vital Records Administration

MAINE

ALABAMA
May 15, 2000-February 14, 2007
At this time no statistics are published. According to the February 14, 2007 Birmingham News 3,885 adoptees have requested their birth certificates.
SOURCE: Dorothy Harshbarger, State Registrar for Vital Records.


Unofficial total for the free states of Oregon, New Hampshire, Maine, and Alabama:
May 31, 2000-January 16,2008
Records retrived: 14,210
Contact preference forms submitted by birthparents: 559
Number asking for contact with adoptee: 428
Number asking for contact through an intermediary: 36
Number asking for no contact: 133