All Americans, adopted or not, have a right to access government records about their own lives. That’s why we are organizing an Adoptee Rights Demonstration, a rally and protest in Philadelphia, PA, at 11 AM on July 21, 2009. This rally will coincide with the opening day of the Legislative Summit of the National Conference of State Legislators.
Adult adoptees in most of the advanced, industrialized nations of the world have unrestricted access to their original birth records as a matter of right. In contrast, adult adoptees in all but six states in the U.S. are forbidden unrestricted access to their own original birth certificates, due to archaic laws that are a legacy of a culture of shame that stigmatized infertility, out-of-wedlock birth and adoption.
Adult adoptees and their supporters have worked diligently in different states for decades to overturn these laws, but have been opposed by well-funded lobbies representing certain adoption agencies and lawyers who have a vested interest in keeping adoptee records closed. Their unsupported claims that access violates dubious privacy rights or will increase abortions and decrease adoptions have been categorically refuted by data from states with laws recognizing the rights of adoptees, by studies such as the recently published paper from the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, and by court decisions affirming the constitutionality of access laws.
Please join us in Philadelphia as we fight to restore our dignity and equality! If you can’t attend the demonstration, you can still help. Participate in our writing campaign to inform all state legislatures of the urgency of unsealing our records to restore the equality of adoptees in the United States. Help spread the word about the protest on your blog, or to any groups or mailing lists you belong to.
Make a difference, be a part of history and get involved today!
Adoptee Rights Demonstration 2009 Your Rights -- Your Protest
Saturday July 11, 2009, 10:17 pm
I was born in Philadelphia in 1954. I have been looking for my birthparets or siblings since my adoptive parents have passed away. My son died 4 years ago and I am really concerned for my older son for Medical history, It is very important since my mom told me nothing and she kept telling me for years not to have children, It was a Grey
market adoption with a Philadelphia attorney and they moved to Birmingham when I was born. I contacted Harrisburg and they told me the adoption was in Alabama. I may never know I am glad you are doing the protest especially since it is in the town I was born in. Good Luck.
Ann Furman Hohmann
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