Friends of “clean” adoption reform,
Hope all remain well and safe! Today, we celebrate one year since the law went into effect restoring adoptee equality in New York! Join us today (1/15/21) at 4pm EST for a brief, live presentation!
INFO UPDATES:
- Live presentation 1/15/21 at 4pm EST (also available for viewing after recorded)
- Pre-Adoption / Original Birth Certificates Update (latest info 11/19/20)
- How New York Restored Unrestricted Access to Original Birth Certificates + What’s Next This previously recorded presentation, from 11/15/20, premiers on 1/15/21 at 4pm. With thanks to Celia Center!
NEW BOOK REVEALS SHADOW HISTORY OF ADOPTION!
American Baby: A Mother, A Child and the Shadow History of Adoption, by Gabrielle Glaser: Available 1/26/21.
American Baby: A Mother, A Child, and the Shadow History of Adoption by journalist, and best-selling author, Gabrielle Glaser will be released January 26, 2021. Gabrielle is a past American Adoption Congress (AAC) conference speaker, and in 2018, wrote the New York Times piece, Don’t Keep Adopted People in the Dark.
In the spring and summer of 2018, AAC National Legislative Chair Tim Monti-Wohlpart and Secretary Shawna Hodgson discovered major scientific research -- extending beyond the twin-and-triplets studies -- conducted on surrendered children. They collaborated with Gabrielle, and together worked to reveal sinister federal involvement and scientific racism toward relinquished infants throughout the New York area for decades after World War II.
“Claiming to be acting in the best interests of all, the adoption business was founded on secrecy and lies. American Baby lays out how a lucrative and exploitative industry removed children from their birth mothers and placed them with hopeful families, fabricating stories about infants' origins and destinations, then closing the door firmly between the parties forever. Adoption agencies and other organizations that purported to help pregnant women struck unethical deals with doctors and researchers for pseudoscientific "assessments," and shamed millions of young women into surrendering their children.”
MEDIA UPDATE:
- PBS American Portrait: Part 1 and Part 2, videos by Jordan Gas-Poore’ who also wrote the March 2019 Mother Jones piece, Most American Adoptees Can’t Access Their Birth Certificates. That Could Soon Change.
Continued thanks to all for helping us to restore and maintain adoptee rights in New York!
Contact Tim with outreach updates, questions or news you’d like to share! tmw713@gmail.com
Adoptee rights are human rights!
Adoptee rights are civil rights!
Adoptee rights are New York rights!
Tim