This time, I will jump in a frozen Minnesota lake and donate $500 to charity if I am wrong.
Bill Actions for the First Week of March
Bills in Arizona, Idaho, and Tennessee are up for consideration in committee this week, plus bills in Iowa and Mississippi are facing critical deadlines.
A Brief History of Florida Adoptee Rights
The updated report covers the beginning of Florida adoption law in 1885 and provides a more than 100-year timeline of adoptee rights in the state.
Crunch Week: What You Can Do
Adoptee rights bills are being heard in numerous committees this week. Here’s what is on those agendas as well as recommended actions.
American Baby and the Punishing Secrecy of Adoption
American Baby weaves truth into the adoptions that predominated the second half of the twentieth century, a time of locked down records, secret transactions, and abusive experimentation.
Why I Changed Hawaii’s Status
Hawai’i has been reclassified as a state with compromised rights for adult adoptees. Here’s why.
What Happens When You Question Adoption
The politicization of the Barretts’ adoptions from Haiti—which they’ve clearly politicized themselves—highlights the rift between concept and reality in intercountry adoption.
Before You Start Spouting Off About Haiti, Amy Coney Barrett, and the ‘Beauty’ of Adoption
Suddenly, intercountry adoption is a cudgel and a political tool in the debate over the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett. Educate yourself first.
The Sham Promise of ‘Integrated Birth Certificates’
Mandating a single solution in the form of a badly thought-through integrated birth certificate? That’s wrong, and I reject it.
Naturalization Fee to Increase More than 80 Percent in October
The final rule adjusts application and other USCIS fees, with the cost of naturalization increasing from $640 to $1,170.00.