BASTARD NATION ACTION ALERT CONNECTICUT SB 977
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May 28, 2017
Connecticut adoptees need your help today
Please contact all members of Connecticut Senate the today!
DO PASS SB 977
Vote scheduled for May 31, 2017
SB 977, a bill to restore Original Birth Certificate access to Connecticut adoptees adopted before October 1, 1983, is tentatively scheduled for a vote in the Senate on Wednesday May 31, 2017.
Currently those adopted after that date enjoy full unrestricted access, but numerous attempts to “even the playing field ” by restoring the right of all adopted Connecticuters to access their OBSs have failed.
Access Connecticut (not affiliated with BN) says that a floor vote is expected to occur on Wednesday May 31, 2017 sometime between 3 pm and midnight (or later.) Bastard Nation urges its members to join this effort and to call. write, or attend the session to show support
The full language of the bill can be found here.
The bill:
• restores the right of Original Birth Certificate access to those adopted before October 23,1983. without restriction.
• permits the release of the OBC to an adoptee’s adult child or grandchild.
• clarifies that a person born outside of Connecticut, but adopted in Connecticut has the right to information on their birth certificate
• contains a genuine voluntary Contact Preference form similar to those found in Oregon, Alabama, New Hampshire, Maine, and Rhode Island.
• Makes OBC access uniform for all Connecticut adoptees
Please contact members of the Connecticut Senate to express your support for SB 997 and unrestricted OBC access for all Connecticut adoptes. Vote DO PASS.
If you were born and/or adopted in Connecticut, currently live there, or have connections to the state, please include that information with your request.
Bastard Nation has already submitted our support.
Connecticut Senate Contact List
Please email AND tweet. We have varied contact information and neither list is complete.
If you contact the Senators on FB or email, PLEASE BE POLITE AND PROFESSIONAL Your letter need not be long–1-3 sentences will do,
Email String:
Art.Linares@cga.ct.gov, Bob.Duff@cga.ct.gov, toniboucher@aol.com, bethbye2016@gmail.com,scott.frantz@cga.ct.gov, hartley@senatedems.ct.gov, Tony@tonyhwang.org, henri.martin@ctsenaterepublicans.com, douglas.mccrory@cga.ct.gov,michael.mclachlan@cga.ct.gov, craig.miner@cga.ct.gov, gslossberg@yahoo.com,
https://www.facebook.com/Senator-Paul-R-Doyle-220374050834
https://www.facebook.com/SenatorDuff/
https://www.facebook.com/SenatorTerryGerratana
https://www.facebook.com/SenatorJoanHartley/
https://www.facebook.com/RepMcCrory/
TWEETS
@SenatorLinares, @21KevinKelly, @SenatorFormica, @senatorduff Please DO PASS SB 977! #EqualRights for adult adoptees
@SenatorFasano, @SenatorKissel, @ToniBoucher, @SenatorSuzio Please DO PASS SB 977! #EqualRights for adult adoptees
@CTSenateGOP, @CTSenateDems, @BethBye5, @MaeFlexer Please DO PASS SB 977! #EqualRights for adult adoptees
@TerryGerratana,@TonyGuglielmo, @SenatorHwang, @TedKennedyJR Please DO PASS SB 977! #EqualRights for adult adoptees
@SenCarloLeone, @SenGeorgeLogan, @JoeMarkley, @SenatorMike Please DO PASS SB 977! #EqualRights for adult adoptees
@CathyOsten, @SenHSomers, @10SDDem, @SenatorWitkos Please DO PASS SB 977! #EqualRights for adult adoptees
@eric_berthel, @cassano4senate, @senatorfrantz, @SenatorGomes Please DO PASS SB 977! #EqualRights for adult adoptees
@SenatorJoanHartley, @tonyhwang, @SenatorLarson, @senatorhenrimartin Please DO PASS SB 977! #EqualRights for adult adoptees
@RepMcCrory, @senatormichaelmclachlan, @senatorminer Please DO PASS SB 977! #EqualRights for adult adoptees
@MooreForStateSenate2016 Please DO PASS SB 977! #EqualRights for adult adoptees
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