Open Records for all Adoptees!

The Issue

We, adoptees, are no longer forever children. We have grown to adulthood in the same United States as all non-adoptees, without the same rights as all others. Our playing field is not the same. Society has put stigmas, shame, and inequitable treatment, on us. All human beings deserve the right to know who we are, and where we come from. Our third party contract that WE did not sign, should be null and void now. Give all of us involved in the Adoption Triad, a choice - finally. Let us have our original birth certificates, which most non-adoptees take for granted. Let birth parents, birth grandparents, birth siblings, birth aunt, birth uncles, and birth cousins make their own choices to reunite or not. Give us the freedom that we deserve, just like everyone else. Please open our records. We are long overdue.

 It takes resources to help make our voices heard (writing campaigns, marketing, etc.) We need to write constantly to our elected officials to help gain their support and voice in getting bills moved. The more voices we have the bigger impact we will make, in order to do that we need different marketing techniques to reach a vast audience. We want 2019 to be the year we make major moves for the adoption triad community! To help please click here.

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Cathy ThompsonPetition StarterI am an adoptee who searched for 25 years for my birth family. I feel the importance for we adoptees to be given rights that we do not share with the rest of society, our original birth certificates, and open records. This needs to change. We too!
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The Issue

We, adoptees, are no longer forever children. We have grown to adulthood in the same United States as all non-adoptees, without the same rights as all others. Our playing field is not the same. Society has put stigmas, shame, and inequitable treatment, on us. All human beings deserve the right to know who we are, and where we come from. Our third party contract that WE did not sign, should be null and void now. Give all of us involved in the Adoption Triad, a choice - finally. Let us have our original birth certificates, which most non-adoptees take for granted. Let birth parents, birth grandparents, birth siblings, birth aunt, birth uncles, and birth cousins make their own choices to reunite or not. Give us the freedom that we deserve, just like everyone else. Please open our records. We are long overdue.

 It takes resources to help make our voices heard (writing campaigns, marketing, etc.) We need to write constantly to our elected officials to help gain their support and voice in getting bills moved. The more voices we have the bigger impact we will make, in order to do that we need different marketing techniques to reach a vast audience. We want 2019 to be the year we make major moves for the adoption triad community! To help please click here.

avatar of the starter
Cathy ThompsonPetition StarterI am an adoptee who searched for 25 years for my birth family. I feel the importance for we adoptees to be given rights that we do not share with the rest of society, our original birth certificates, and open records. This needs to change. We too!

The Decision Makers

Andrew Lanza
Former State Senate - New York-24
Andrew M. Cuomo
Former Governor - New York
Paula Benoit
Paula Benoit
Eileen McQuade
Eileen McQuade
Jamie Fox
Jamie Fox

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Petition created on October 19, 2018