and that they are endowed by Evolution with certain Inalienable Rights,
that among these are Life , Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Welcome to the Revolution
Next January, Maine will become the eighth state to give adult adoptees full access to their original birth certificates, which lists birth parents' names. Other states that allow such access:
Alabama
Alaska
Delaware - allows access unless birth parents veto disclosure
Kansas
New Hampshire
Oregon
Tennessee -- provides birth certificate unless rape or incest was involved. Allows birth parents to refuse contact with their children.
Another dozen states allow adult adoptees some type of "partial" access to their records, depending on the date of adoption and whether the birth parents have granted permission. Others allow access through a state-appointed intermediary if the birth parents agree, or if a court approved an adoptee's request for such records.
This isn't good enough.
All adoptees in all states, deserve unrestricted access to their original birth certificates.
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Petition
Let your typing fingers be heard. Sign the electronic petition that demands that a constitutional amendment be created that enforces the fundamental right to one's original birth certificate be granted to non-adoptees and adoptees alike.
To: U.S. Congress
I support an amendment to the constitution allowing the following:
Section 1. The right of adopted citizens of the United States, who are 18 years of age or older, to possess their original birth certificates, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state.
Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned
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