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Last updated on March 23, 2021

Legislation: Where We Stand, What You Can Do

As we move into a critical period in many state legislative sessions—and as the U.S. Congress essentially moves forward with a new session—here’s where we stand and what all of us can do today.

Last updated on January 30, 2022

The Sham Promise of ‘Integrated Birth Certificates’

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Mandating a single solution in the form of a badly thought-through integrated birth certificate? That’s wrong, and I reject it.

Last updated on April 13, 2020

How Will COVID-19 Issues Affect Me?

Overview of COVID-19 issues that may impact adopted people beyond the immediate threat to a person’s health, community, and economic safety.

Last updated on January 14, 2020

Join Me As I Update the Adoptee Rights Map

On January 15, 2020, at 12:01am I will update the adoptee rights map to show the unrestricted status of New York. Wanna be there when I do?

Last updated on December 21, 2019

My Big Problem With Wisconsin’s Bill

I support the unrestricted release of identifying information. I do not support mixing that all up and calling it an OBC under a different name.

Last updated on June 24, 2019

Updated Info about New York’s Equal Rights Bill

New York Assembly

An updated list of questions and answers about the Weprin/Montgomery Bill, which was finally passed in the New York Assembly on June 20, 2019

Last updated on April 18, 2019

Toeing the Bottom Line

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With pressure to amend a Texas bill to add discriminatory provisions, it’s unclear if STAR will now “wink” and let it happen.

Last updated on April 23, 2019

Is This the Year for Iowa? No.

Clean bills have made it out of the first legislative “funnel”—a deadline in Iowa for bills to be voted out of committee.

Last updated on December 27, 2018

Can You Crowdsource Clean Legislation?

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Help draft a clean Minnesota bill that provides an unrestricted right for all adult adoptees to obtain their own original birth records upon request.

Last updated on November 1, 2018

Midterms and Adoptee Rights

As part of an upcoming gathering of national and local adoptee rights advocates in Austin, Texas, I am putting together resources on what to expect from key states after upcoming midterm elections.

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