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

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.

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 March 18, 2021

What Works, What’s Broken, and Who Bears the Brunt

How current U.S. immigration law has failed intercountry adoptees.

Last updated on March 13, 2021

The (Ongoing) Truth About Florida

This time, I will jump in a frozen Minnesota lake and donate $500 to charity if I am wrong.

Last updated on March 3, 2021

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.

Last updated on February 28, 2021

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.

Last updated on June 2, 2021

Why I Changed Hawaii’s Status

Hawai’i has been reclassified as a state with compromised rights for adult adoptees. Here’s why.

Last updated on December 3, 2021

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.

Last updated on January 30, 2022

The Sham Promise of ‘Integrated Birth Certificates’

Loose leaf paper with the words no go typed on it

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

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Minneapolis Minnesota 55419
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