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Past press
- July 16, 2016: The Record: Finding parents
- July 15, 2016: Veil of secrecy lifting for adoptees
- July 10, 2016: N.J. adoptees can access records come January
- July 8, 2016: Forms Now Available for Adoptees to Apply for Birth Records
- June 26, 2016: Birth mothers find support in shared experience
- November 9, 2015: The Record: Long Sought Rights for New Jersey Adoptees
- August 4, 2015: Legislation Strikes a Balance between Adoptees and Birth Parents
- August 1, 2015: First stage of NJ Adoption Law Implemented
- May 27,2014: Christie signs law giving adoptees access to birth certificates in 2017
- May 27, 2014: Adoption Bill Signing Marks Compromise on Heated Bill
- May 27, 2014: Christie signs adoption law giving adoptees access to birth certificates
- May 27, 2014: Adoptees Get Rights to Original Birth Certificate in N.J.
- May 23, 2014: Adoptee open records bill approved by NJ Assembly, heads to Christie’s desk
- May 23, 2014: NJ Lawmakers approve adoptee bill that the Governor is prepared to sign
- May 23, 2014: Poll: Should Adoptees Have Access to their Original Birth Record?
- May 5, 2014: Adoptees Applaud State Plan to Unseal Birth Records
- May 5, 2014: Compromise on birth records took too long
- May 4, 2014: Hope, Fear as NJ lifts adoption veil
- April 28, 2014: NJ Adoptee Birth Certificate Compromise Protects Birth Parents, too
- April 4, 2014: NJ Adoptees Treated Unequally
- March 24, 2014: What’s In a Name
- March 17, 2014: It’s Time for NJ to Give Adoptees Access to their birth records
- March 12, 2014: Adoptee rights / Sign this bill
- February 13, 2014: Speaker Prieto and Asw. Huttle speak about Birthright Bill
- February 11, 2014: Bill opening birth records for adoptees approved by NJ Assembly panel
- June 23, 2013: Access is a Civil Rights Issue
- June 20, 2013 Senate passes Adoption Birthright Bill
- July 10, 2011: A Matter of Life and Love
- June 24, 2011: Sponsors and Opponents weigh in on Governor’s Conditional Veto
- June 23, 2011: Prieto and Other legislators disappointed in Christie’s Conditional Veto
- June 23, 2011: Bob Ingle Blog, The Day That Was In Trenton
- June 23, 2011: NJ Adoption bill gets conditional veto from the Governor, Reuters
- June 23, 2011: Opponents Respond to Governor’s Conditional Veto
- June 23, 2011: Governor Christie Vetoes Adoption Bill
- June 19, 2011: Governor Should Sign Adoptees Birthright Bill
- June 14, 2011: Family Secrets, Hidden Adoption, Inspire Local Artist
- June 13, 2013: Vitale Bill Gives Adoptees Access to Birth Information
- June 13, 2013: Bill giving adoptees their birth certificates passes N.J. Senate panel
- May 22, 2011: A plea to let N.J. adoptees find themselves
- February 11, 2011: Give Adoptees Their Birth Certificates
- May 13, 2011: Let the Truth be set Free
- March 1, 2011: Healthy Reminder: Adopted People Are Americans, Too
- June 23, 2011: Christie Conditionally Vetoes Adoption Bill
- February 10, 2011: Balancing Privacy and Respect for Adoptee and Parents
- February 9, 2011: Abducted vs. Adopted: Fora 1.5 Million of U.S. Adoptees, What’s the Difference?
- January 10, 2011: Fight Over Adoptee Rights in NJ continues
- Adoptees Deserve Access to Birth Records
- June 16, 2010: Bill to Unseal Some Adoption Records Advances in NJ Assembly
- June 14, 2010: N.J. Assembly Committee Approves Bill Unsealing Adoptees’ Birth Records
- March 23, 2008: Measure would aid those seeking biological parents
- January 26, 2008: Case of Equality: Adoptees Deserve to Know of Their Past
- Nov. 29, 2005: Your Mother Would Know
- June 16, 2010: Times of New Jersey: Open Birth Records
- December 9, 2009: A Birthright
- January 30, 2014: They Just Want to Know
- January 20, 2014: New Jersey Senate Panel Approves Adoption Bill
- January 8, 2014: More Than Philomena’s Story
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Supporting Research
91%
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91% of New Jerseyans find it important for adoptees to have their heritage and medical records.
-Monmouth County Polling Report
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