Sumter woman's testimony leads to adoptee medical history bill passage
Birth parents can now anonymously offer medical history in closed adoptions
BY SHELBIE GOULDING
shelbie@theitem.com
shelbie@theitem.com
Posted 11/3/20
Doctors always ask for a patient's family medical history, and Joni Walker could never give them an answer.
For her whole life, the 42-year-old could not fill in the blanks on her medical forms because she didn't know who her family was. On her …
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