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What I Mean When I Mean Clean

First published on May 1, 2019 • Last updated on September 12, 2023

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Clean should always be the default, while dirty is the defined term, the aberration.

Who Else Gets Your OBC?

First published on April 21, 2019 • Last updated on April 21, 2019

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An Iowa bill has another problem: who actually gets the OBC? Everyone in the family, including the family dog? And which “family?”

Toeing the Bottom Line

First published on April 18, 2019 • Last updated on April 18, 2019

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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.

Texas: Setting the Records Straight

First published on March 27, 2019 • Last updated on March 27, 2019

Texas: Setting the Records Straight

A new report on Texas laws related to original birth certificates, published by the Texas Adoptee Rights Coalition.

“Reworked” Florida Bill Does Absolutely Nothing

First published on March 12, 2019 • Last updated on January 29, 2020

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An amended Florida bill does absolutely nothing and, in doing nothing, actually makes things worse.

Take Action: NO on HB597

First published on March 9, 2019 • Last updated on March 13, 2019

No on Florida HB597. Mandated reunion is a disastrous idea

Take action today. Contact members of a Florida subcommittee to request a “NO” vote on HB597.

Is This the Year for Iowa? No.

First published on March 6, 2019 • Last updated on April 23, 2019

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

Essential FAQ About the New York Bills

First published on February 26, 2019 • Last updated on February 26, 2019

Quick and honest answers to questions you may have about the Weprin/Montgomery Bill, a clean adoptee rights bill in New York that I support.

Florida Bill: Reunion Required to Get Your OBC

First published on January 31, 2019 • Last updated on March 13, 2019

Florida HB597 requires reunion with a birthparent before an adult adoptee can even apply for the OBC. That’s not at all a “small step” forward.

Can You Crowdsource Equal Rights Legislation?

First published on December 27, 2018 • Last updated on May 22, 2023

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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.

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