Adoptee Rights Marches Through Georgia: SB64 passes out of the Senate Children & Families Committee

March 2, 2023

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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Happy Day in Massachusetts: Black Hole is Gone! OBCs Unsealed for All!

November 3, 2022

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…

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Massachusetts: Delivered, Signed, and Unsealed!

August 6, 2022

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

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Massachusetts Passes! Joins the New England Pack

July 29, 2022

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.

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Congratulations, Louisiana! #12 to acknowledge adoptee equality

June 22, 2022

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!

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Limited Action Alert: Louisiana HB 450. Senate Floor Vote This Week. Do Pass!

May 29, 2022

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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