New York: Opening and Beyond - - January 15, 2020 - Current

Bastard Nation: New York Adoptees: The Countdown is Over. OBC’s officially open. January 15, 2020.

For more than 80 years New York adoptees have endured a humiliating, frustrating, and rarely successful process when they requested their own vital records. The enactment of S3419 in Spring 2019, reverses the discrimination and repeals a Depression-era law that had prevented adults from possessing their own original birth certificates.

Now the day has arrived–January 15, 2020–and you can receive your OBC and related documents without restriction, without condition, without groveling….. more

New York Adoptee Rights Coalition: “Today is Truly Historic,” January 15, 2020

NYARC spokesperson Annette O’Connell delivered these statements at the press conference in Albany on January 15, 2020, in which legislators and advocates announced implementation of S3419, New York’s equal rights law for all adult adopted persons. This is also NYARC’s official press release for the event.

It is truly historic. Advocates have been working on equal rights legislation for adoptees across the country and in New York for over fifty years. New York City adoptee Florence Fisher started this movement in New York in the 1970s, and NYARC is thrilled that she—at age 90—will be able to receive a certified copy of her own original birth certificate.Today

For more than 80 years, New York adoptees have endured a humiliating, discriminatory, pathologizing, frustrating, and expensive process simply to try to obtain a copy of their own original birth certificates. Today, New York enacts equality in vital records law for all adult adoptees AND their lineal descendants

New York Adoptee Rights Coalition: Open Thread: Your Story, Reporters, and Applying for Your OBC:

We’re getting tons of inquiries from reporters who would like to speak with adoptees impacted by the new law. If you are interested, please email us at coalition@nyadopteerights.org with your name, where you live, and any other details you have to offer. You can also contact us on Facebook.

Updated media requests: Reporters are seeking adoptees who live in or near Orange County, Westchester County, or Rockland County.