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Gregory D. Luce

What’s New in 2022

First published on January 3, 2022 • Last updated on January 4, 2022

Current numbers, an updated state map, and more info on each of the state legislative changes that developed over the past year. It’s what’s new in 2022.

Arizona’s New Donut Hole Law: FAQ

First published on December 31, 2021 • Last updated on October 12, 2023

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The Arizona legislature enacted a new law in 2021 that blasted a hole into the middle of adoptee rights in the state. Whether you call that hole a gap, a pie hole, or a donut hole (as I do), it creates two unequal classes of adopted people in the state.

Immigration Provisions in the Build Back Better Bill

First published on December 11, 2021 • Last updated on November 15, 2022

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The Build Back Better bill contains provisions that could help millions of undocumented people, including some intercountry adoptees, though its impact is limited.

Utah’s Discriminatory Law: FAQ

First published on November 2, 2021 • Last updated on October 1, 2022

How Utah’s new law will work, or more likely not work, for Utah-born adoptees who want their own original birth certificates.

How Adjusting the ‘Immigration Registry’ Could Help Intercountry Adoptees

First published on September 24, 2021 • Last updated on November 16, 2023

A tweak to the ‘immigration registry’ could help millions of undocumented people, including many intercountry adoptees. Here’s how it would work.

How to Get Your Original Birth Certificate in Florida

First published on July 3, 2021 • Last updated on November 29, 2022

A resource for the hundreds of Florida adoptees who contact me and want to know how to get their own original birth certificates.

Connecticut’s Equal Rights Law: FAQ

First published on July 1, 2021 • Last updated on September 11, 2022

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What Connecticut’s new law does and how adopted people and their descendants may apply for an original birth certificate.

38 Organizations Say No to Discriminatory Arizona Bills

First published on June 16, 2021 • Last updated on June 16, 2021

More than 200 people joined state, national, and international adoptee-rights and adoption-reform organizations to say no to SB1831/HB2921.

FAQ: U.S. Citizenship and Intercountry Adoptees

First published on May 26, 2021 • Last updated on February 28, 2025

FAQ Adoptee Citizenship Act 2024

Information about issues concerning US citizenship and intercountry adoptees, including how federal legislation could resolve those issues.

Sign Up: National Week of Action

First published on May 24, 2021 • Last updated on December 5, 2021

Take action—a full week of action. I’m launching a National Week of Action and encouraging you—my friends, allies, and colleagues—to join me.

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