On February 28, 2023, Georgia made a substantial step in the battle to restore OBC access in the state. The Senate Children and Families Committee voted unanimously Do PASS on SB64, a clean unrestrictive-unconditional bill. Next Stop: Senate Rules for consideration to be scheduled for a vote before the full Senate The bill must pass and crossover to the House no later than March 6, 2023.
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South Dakota HB1231: Passes both houses in record time!
HB1231 zipped through the legislature. Introduced only on February 2, 2023, it passed the House on February 16 (65-4) and the Senate on February 28 (35-0). That’s 26 days and a record. Unlike previous attempts, there was no organized opposition.
Continue readingURGENT! Contact your Senator Today! Pass the Adoptee Citizenship Act Now!
US international adoptees once more need our help in passing The Adoptee Citizenship Act of 2021. It MUST pass this year. The Bill passed the House in February and has been sitting in the Senate since then. With the midterm election and the impending retirement of sponsor Sen. Roy Blount (R-MO), it is imperative to act now.
Continue readingHappy Day in Massachusetts: Black Hole is Gone! OBCs Unsealed for All!
Today, HB 2284/S1146 the bill that restores the right of all Massachusetts-born adoptees to obtain their Original Birth Certificates without the restriction goes into effect. Until today Massachusetts adoptees born between July 17, 1974 and January 1, 2008 and their OBCs were tossed in a black hole by a series of archaic laws that kept their records sealed except by court order. Those born before and after those dates enjoyed full and unrestricted access to them. No reasonable explanation was ever given for this nonsense…
Continue readingMassachusetts: Delivered, Signed, and Unsealed!
Governor Charlie Baker has signed H2294/S1140 making Massachusetts the 13th state (and third this year) to acknowledge and codify the right of all of its state-born adopted people at age 18 to obtain without conditions or restrictions their original birth certificates upon request. Current law bars those born between July 17, 1974, and January 1, 2008, to obtain the document without a court order. The new law goes into effect November 3, 2022
Continue readingAugust 1, 2022: Louisiana OBCs Officially Unsealed!
Congratulations Louisiana-born adoptees! Today your right to your original birth certificate is officially restored after 45 years of sealing. Have at it! Let us know when you get it,l send stories, comments, Here is how to obtain your Louisiana Original Birth Certificate.
Continue readingMassachusetts Passes! Joins the New England Pack
This afternoon the Massachusetts Senate by a vote of 40-0 passed he measure passed the House last year and has been held up in the Senate Rules committee since then. Earlier today it was released from the committee and sent to the Senate floor for an immediate vote. There is no reason to think that Governor Charlie Baker will not sign on. In effect, the days of segregated Original Birth Certificate access are about to end in Massachusets.
Continue readingArlene Bridges Samuels’ Adoptopia: A Preface to Post-Roe Adoption
For Samuels, adoptees are projections—imaginary grateful beneficiaries of her imaginary Adoptopia, or what she calls “the wonder of adoption.”
Continue readingCongratulations, Louisiana! #12 to acknowledge adoptee equality
On June 15, 2022, Governor. John Bel Edwards signed HB 450--the bill that restores the right of all Louisiana-born adopted people to their Original Birth Certificates upon request, without restriction,.The House, voted 76-21 and the Senate 29-5. For Pete’s sake, Louisiana! Louisiana! If Louisiana can acknowledge, codify our rights, and pass a bill, then any state can!
Continue readingLimited Action Alert: Louisiana HB 450. Senate Floor Vote This Week. Do Pass!
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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