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Adoptee Rights Demonstration

11 am July 21, 2009

Philadelphia, PA

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

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One of my JRT's, (Jackjack) got bitten by a neighbors dog today and he had to have surgery... He will be spending the night at the animal hospital... He has severe separation anxiety disorder and does not like to be away from me or my husband. (I don't like it either)

The vet has said this next week would be critical for him... So if you would please send him extra prayers & good thoughts...

I'd be lost without any of my JRT furbabies, but Jackjack is extra special...

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While our government is focussed on bailing out Wallstreet and the Car Industry, we as a nation must remind them they are obligated to protect our children and enforce the law's that are in place to do that!

http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahshow/20090220-tows-adam-walsh-act

Please take a moment and visit Oprah.com and send your Senator(s) a letter telling them to support the continuation of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Saftey Act. Our children's lives, our nation's future depends on laws such as this one...

Please read, and sign...

"The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act was passed on July 25, 2006—20 years after Adam Walsh's abduction. The act established a National Sex Offender Registry law, but recent news reports reveal most states will not be in compliance with the law by the upcoming July 2009 deadline. If senators and state representatives don't comply with and fully fund the act, it will expire. "... cont...

http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahshow/20090220-tows-adam-walsh-act

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~Barb~

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