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Latest updates and news about adoptee rights legislation and legal cases and developments in the United States

Last updated on January 1, 2022

Utah’s New Discriminatory Law: FAQ

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

Last updated on December 8, 2021

How Adjusting the ‘Immigration Registry’ Could Help Intercountry Adoptees

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

Last updated on July 6, 2021

How to Get Your Original Birth Certificate in Florida

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

Last updated on March 21, 2022

Connecticut’s New Equal Rights Law: FAQ

Detail from Connecticut road map

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

Last updated on June 16, 2021

38 Organizations Say No to Discriminatory Arizona Bills

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

Last updated on May 19, 2022

FAQ: U.S. Citizenship for Intercountry Adoptees

Information about issues concerning US citizenship and intercountry adoptees, including how the Adoptee Citizenship Act of 2021 may resolve those issues.

Last updated on December 5, 2021

Sign Up: National Week of Action

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.

Last updated on January 29, 2022

Iowa’s New Redaction Law: FAQ

Where things stand today and how Iowa’s HF855 will work if it is ultimately enacted and implemented.

Last updated on May 4, 2022

The 5 Most Pernicious Myths about Adult Adopted People

Myths, stereotypes, and tropes that are used to demonize or demean adult adopted people like me, with a focus on adoptees in the United States.

Last updated on April 18, 2021

Let’s Rise for Rhode Island

If you are involved in adoptee rights work or in adoption reform, please sign on to support Rhode Island SB250/HB6189.

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Gregory D. Luce
PO Box 19561
Minneapolis Minnesota 55419
T: (612) 221-3947
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