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Bastard Nation has joined The Adoptee Rights Law Center call for adoptees and allies from across the country to stop the Arizona legislature from destroying the OBC rights of the majority of the state’s adopted class.
The proposed law black-holes all Arizona adoptees born between 1968-2021 from obtaining their original birth certificates without a court order.
We especially need the support of adopted people born in Arizona, Arizona residents. and adoptee rights and adoption reform organizations to sign on to our joint letter. All allies are welcome and encouraged to join us!
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Here is the full text of the action alert
URGENT UPDATE!
Despite Governor Doug Ducey’s veto of the discriminatory Arizona bill in May, the Arizona legislature has introduced new and identical bills this session in an effort to get around the veto. Please take action today by signing on to a letter opposing the two bills: SB1831 and HB2921. More details below.
Background: Two new bills have been introduced late in the 2021 Arizona legislative session. If enacted, the bills will create a new “donut-hole” in the state, prohibiting Arizona-born adopted people born between June 1968 and January 2022 from requesting and obtaining their own original birth certificate. While Arizona Governor Doug Ducey vetoed an identical less than a month ago, a hyperpartisan Arizona legislature has introduced new bills to get around the veto. We need to take immediate action today. Please sign on to the letter below to persuade Arizona legislators to reject these bills and to vote “NO” on SB1831 and HB2921 if they continue to move forward.
Here is the full text of the letter:
Sign On to a Joint Letter
RE: NO on SB1831/HB2921
To All Arizona State Senators and Representatives:
We are Arizona-born adoptees, Arizona residents, birthparents, adoptive parents, and allies for adoptee rights. Along with the following state and national adoptee rights and adoption-reform organizations, we oppose SB1831 and HB2921. These bills will arbitrarily divide Arizona-born adoptees into two unequal classes, based solely on an adopted person’s date of birth.
Despite a vastly overstated fiscal cost of more than $3 million over the next ten years, the bills will ultimately benefit a tiny number of adopted people—while denying the vast majority of Arizona-born adoptees the right to obtain their own original birth certificates. These bills are costly, discriminatory, and regressive. They do not represent the best interests of adopted people, their families, or the thousands of Arizona constituents impacted by adoption.
We ask that you do not support these bills and vote NO on SB1831 and HB2921.
New York Adoptee Rights Coalition
