Bastard Nation received this Call to Action today from the Louisiana Coalition for Adoption Rights. If you call under any of the categories below, please contact Louisiana Senators now! Anyone who’s ever lived in Louisiana- anyone who knows anyone in Louisiana should tell them to write in, anyone who knows an adopted person or parent who relinquished in Louisiana etc
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There’s some terrific testimony from our friends Elise Lewis and Kenny Tucker from the Louisiana Coalition for Adoption Rights, who have been at it for years, the Louisiana Adoption Advisory Board, first mothers, adoptive mothers, and social workers, as well as bill sponsor Rep. Charles Owen and former lawmaker Danny Martiny sponsor of similar legislation in the past.
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Adopted people in 11 states have unrestricted access to their OBC. Just a couple of weeks ago Vermont restored OBC rights and your neighbor Alabama restored that right 20 years ago. Not one single negative report about unsealing has been published. Access has been normalized. Adoptees are treated just like the Not Adopted and like the Not Adopted no one denies that they have a right to those records and information.
Louisiana adoptee rights activists need our help again. HB 450 passed the Louisiana House 76-21 on March 28, 2022, This is a clean bill. The bill is scheduled for a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee A on May 24. Below is the action alert Louisianas folks sent out today. At this point, they are asking for calls and emails from everyone –not just those with Louisiana connections to request DO PASS with no restrictive amendments added. If you have a Louisiana connection–Louisiana-born adoptee, resident, family, etc.–please include that information.
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On an otherwise bleak and discouraging news day, a ray of sunshine streaked across AdoptionLand as Vermont Governor Phil Scott signed H629, the bill that restores the right of all Vermont-born adopted people to their Original Birth Certificates. No restrictions! No conditions!
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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