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Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Do adoptees have a right to their birth certificates? VOTE NOW.

UPDATE: LINK TO VIDEO

Bill of Rights for adoptees pushed in Albany

Lorraine at public hearing on adoptee bill
Do you believe adopted individuals should have the right to access their original birth certificates at age 18? A controversial bill in New York would allow just that.  (Several other states are trying to also do the right thing.) Vote here!

The question 160 years ago would have been: Do you believe that people brought here from Africa should be freed from slavery? A controversial bill in Washington would allow just that. Vote here!

The battle is on again in New York to allow adopted people the same rights as the rest of us who are not adopted--the right to know who we were when we were born, who our real* parents are.