Category: Legislation

The bill creates a paternalistic forced reunion system in order for an adoptee to access her or his  own Original Birth Certificate–or rather in this case, a summary of it.  It contends birth record access is about an individual personal desire or curiosity rather than a civil right and political issue by conflating “reunion” with rights. It keeps Florida adoptees and their families hostage to archaic laws and customs, promotes continued shame in adoption, and maintains the iron lock of the state on our birth records and personal autonomy.