Connecticut Hearing on Adoptee Rights Bill 5144

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Ct birth certificates for adoptees

February 22, 2014

Ct birth certificates for adopteesFriday February 28th Hearing n Adoptee Rights in CT Legislation

The public hearing has been scheduled for NEXT FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28 AT 10:30 AM at the Legislative Office Building in in Room 1D.

NOW IS THE TIME TO GET YOUR TESTIMONY/EMAILS IN!!

NOW, THIS MOMENT, YES RIGHT NOW!!  🙂

Have you asked your close friends and family to send in testimony as well?  It can be as simple as a paragraph saying they support the bill and adoptee rights.  Below is a sample email that you can share with them, and can also be used as a base to get you/them started.

Link to the bill:   http://www.cga.ct.gov/2014/TOB/h/pdf/2014HB-05144-R00-HB.pdf  (NOTE:  The bill is correct except for some technical amendments we will address.  Some people have been confused by dates mentioned in the initial paragraphs.  The bill, as written, currently provides access to ALL adoptees over age 21 retroactively and prospectively.  It is written as a clean carve out from the already very confusing/not well drafted statute.  Note the language: “Except as provided in subsection (c)….”

Send your testimony in either written form or as an email to:

Mailing Address:
Public Health Committee
Room 3000, Legislative Office Building
Hartford, CT 06106
Phone: 860-240-0560

Email Public Hearing Testimony to:
PHC.Testimony@cga.ct.gov

SAMPLE EMAIL:

To Public Health Committee Co-Chairs Representative Terri Gerratana and Representative Susan Johnson, and Members of the Public Health Committee:

I am writing to ask for your support of Raised Bill 5144, An Act Concerning Access to Birth Certificates and Parental Health Information for Adoptive Persons.  I have a (friend/family member) who is (an adoptee, adoptive parent, birth parent, etc.). I strongly believe that ALL adult adoptees should have access to their original birth certificates, and the bill should be both retroactive and prospective.

Thank-you very much for your consideration.

Sincerely,
Name
Address

IT CAN BE THIS SIMPLE!  (More details and your personal story is even more powerful.  This is to increase the volume of support so legislators can see that this bill matters to people.) If you need facts and points, please refer to the links on the Adoptee Rights pages here. Feel free to copy and paste to your hearts desire!

 

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About the Author

Claudia Corrigan DArcy
Claudia Corrigan DArcy
Claudia Corrigan D’Arcy has been online and involved in the adoption community since early in 2001. Blogging since 2005, her website Musings of the Lame has become a much needed road map for many mothers who relinquished, adoptees who long to be heard, and adoptive parents who seek understanding. She is also an activist and avid supporter of Adoptee Rights and fights for nationwide birth certificate access for all adoptees with the Adoptee Rights Coalition. Besides here on Musings of the Lame, her writings on adoption issue have been published in The New York Times, BlogHer, Divine Caroline, Adoption Today Magazine, Adoption Constellation Magazine, Adopt-a-tude.com, Lost Mothers, Grown in my Heart, Adoption Voice Magazine, and many others. She has been interviewed by Dan Rather, Montel Williams and appeared on Huffington Post regarding adoption as well as presented at various adoption conferences, other radio and print interviews over the years. She resides in New York’s Hudson Valley with her husband, Rye, children, and various pets.

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