The New York Adoptee Rights Coalition has published The Essential FAQ about the New York Bills. Please go over and read this simple outline–then support our A5494/S3419 Weprin/Montgomery bill.
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In our recent meeting with you and others in Albany, Assembly Member Weprin requested that all advocacy groups—including the American Adoption Congress, NYSAE, and Unsealed Initiative—unite with us to pursue enactment of the Weprin/Montgomery bill. In an unprecedented response, the AAC and Unsealed Initiative agreed and committed to the bill, as did the New York Adoptee Rights Coalition and its partners. You and NYSAE, however, continued to insist on pursuing a competing bill that has little support in the legislature and will cause confusion among legislators and advocates as the Weprin/Montgomery bill moves ahead.
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SB300, a restrictive OBC access bill, is currently in the West Virginia Senate Judiciary Committee. As of this writing, it is not scheduled for a hearing, but we urge that you write the committee to let members know that the bill, which grants OBC access for some of the state’s adoptees, but not all, is discriminatory and not acceptable.
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I am writing on behalf of Bastard Nation: the Adoptee Rights Organization, the largest adoptee civil rights organization in the United States. We are asking you to VETO SB168—Amendment to Safe Haven Act—which authorizes the installation of baby drop off boxes (aka newborn devices) at various state and private facilities.
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The Illinois resolution supports US citizenship for all intercountry adoptees, not just those adopted after the Child Citizenship Act of 2000.
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Latest news and statement from the New York Adoptee Rights Coalition. Bastard Nation is a proud member of NYARC, and we will have our own statement later.
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Finally! Our OBC access bill has been filed. No restrictions. No alterations or additions. Simply apply for, and receive, your OBC in the same manner as the non-adopted.
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Bastard Nation is a proud partner organization in the New York Adoptee Rights Coalition, along with the Adoptee Rights Law Center and the Adoptive and Foster Family Coalition of New York. Plus strategic partner Reclaim the Records
Bastard Nation is a proud partner in the Texas Adoptee Rights Coalition, along with Equality for Adoption, Gladney Adoptees for Rights and Equality, and the Adoptee Rights Law Center. Plus strategic partner Reclaim the Records