Adoptee Rights Coalition Heading to Boston, MA
It's that time of year again for the Adoptee Rights Coalition to educate and encourage legislators to restore U.S. adopted citizens' access to their original birth certificates. Did I say restore? Yes! At one time, original birth certificates were open and available to their rightful owners -- adopted people! Mirah Riben wrote an excellent article outlining the issues here: Adoptee Access to Birth Certificates Protects Their Parents' Privacy Some of the issues we have the pleasure of discussing when working at the Adoptee Rights Coalition booth are as follows: *educating that adopted U.S. born citizens have two birth certificates. The amended (2nd) version is not put in place until after adoption finalization . Meaning, that the original birth certificate (OBC) is available for a period of time prior to adoption finalization and is therefore not secret. If an adoption is unsuccessful, then the original birth certificate is...