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Wisconsin

Last updated on February 21, 2022

“Dear Ms. Birth mother”

Wisconsin’s Adoption Records Search Program is like a de facto extension of government tracking and surveillance, with birthparents its primary target.

Last updated on May 26, 2020

When the Biggest Opposition is a Pandemic

Remaining genuine equal rights bills are trying to get attention while a pandemic closes down capitols. Here’s a legislative update.

Last updated on January 24, 2020

Advocates Ask for Wisconsin Bill to Die

Five state and national adoptee rights organizations have requested that Wisconsin legislators set aside two bills that were recently heard in Senate and Assembly committees.

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 March 4, 2022

Wisconsin

Detail from Wisconsin road map

Wisconsin law does not provide adult adoptees unrestricted access to their own original birth certificates. Wisconsin “impounds” original birth certificates after adoptions and releases them only by court order or through Wisconsin’s Adoption Records Search Program.

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Gregory D. Luce
PO Box 19561
Minneapolis Minnesota 55419
T: (612) 221-3947
E: [email protected]

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