Public Views on Adoption Reform

NJ-CARE Press Release : Governor Conditionally Vetoes Adoptees Birthright Bill

NJ Opinion Poll on Adopted Persons' Access to Birth Records

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Graying Adoptees Still Searching for their identities:  ABC News July 27,2010

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Selections from NJ Newspaper's Opinion Pages

      A Matter of Life and Love, July 10, 2011

      Christie, a traitor on Adoptees Birthright Bill, July 4, 2011

      Blog, June 27, 2011, Chris Christie: is Special Interest more Important than his Voters?

     Sponsors and Opponents weigh in on Governor's Conditional Veto, June 24, 2011

     Adoptees Condemn Veto by Christie, June 24, 2011

     Prieto and Other legislators disappointed in Christie's Conditional Veto, June 23, 2011

      Bob Ingle Blog, The Day That Was In Trenton, #2, June 23, 2011

      NJ Adoption bill gets conditional veto from the Governor, Reuters, June 23, 2011

    Adoptee Rights advocates decry conditional veto of NJ birth certificate bill, June 23, 2011, APP

      Opponents Respond to Governor's Conditional Veto, June 23, 2011

      Governor Christie Vetoes Adoption Bill, USA-Today, June 23, 2011

      What is really Behind Opposition to Adoption Reform?, June 15, 2011

      Family Secrets, Hidden Adoption, Inspire Local Artist, June 14, 2011

      Governor Should Sign Adoptees Birthright Bill, June 19, 2011

      Vitale Statement on Final Legislative Approval of Adoptee Birth Info Bill, May 9, 2011

        Weinberg Statement on Final Legislative Approval of Adoptee Birth Info Bill, May 9, 2011

       Adoptees Deserve Access to Birth Information, June 3, 2011

      Father Finds Son after 35 years, June 19, 2011

       A plea to let New Jersey adoptees find themselves, May 22, 2011

       Sponsors of New Jersey Adoption Rights Bill Hoping for Gov. Christie's Approval, May 23, 2011

       Adult Adoptees Legislation Would give Access to Original Birth Certificates, March 7, 2011  

      Darryl (DMC) McDaniels and Zara Philips Premiere New Song In Support of Equal Rights for 

                   Adoptees, March 10, 2011

       A Healthy Reminder: Adopted People Are Americans, Too, 3/1/2011

         Balancing Privacy and Respect for Adoptee and Parents, 2/10/2011

         Abducted vs. Adopted: Fora 1.5 Million of U.S. Adoptees, What's the Difference?2/9/2011

           New Jersey Adoptees' Birthright Billo Deserves to be Passed, 1.27.2011

         COMMENTS: on "Attempting to Satisfy all Birth Rights in New Jersey" 1.27.2011

             Fight Over /Adoptee Rights in NJ continues--time to make your voice heard, 1.10/2011

       Christee Conditionally Vetoes Adoption Bill, June 23, 2011

        A Civil Right: Adoptees Should Have Access to Their Birth Certificate

 Video Clips

       A Right to Know: the fight for adoptees' access (about six minutes)

      NJ passes the Adoptee's Birthright Bill, May 9, 2011

      Pam Hasegawa's Testimony, NJ Assembly hearing June 14, 2010

      Sue McKenna (KS govt employee speaks on why KS is satisfied with access...)

      Research supports adoptee access to birth certificates (1 min)

      DMC (Daryl McDaniels) Testifies on Behalf of all adoptees (1 minute)

      A state senator's personal take on access (1 min)

      Access to records: the myth about costs (1 min)

      NJ adoptees need access

      Registries- and why they don't work" (1 min)

      Trailer: "Adoption: for the life of me"

     Surgeon General: "Knowing your family history can save your life" (1 min)

Editorials in NJ Media

        Trenton Times of New Jersey: Open Birth Records, 6/16/2010

        The Press of Atlantic City

        The Record: Family Matters

        Trenton Times editorial, A Birthright

 Broadcast media

• The Adoption Records Bill, NJNews12, June 9, 2011
• The Adoption Records Bill, Part 2, June 10, 2011
• New York News 1 : State Lawmakers to Consider Birth Right Bill, 6/23/2010
• New York News 1: Entertainers Discuss Rights of Adult Adoptees, 2/25/2011
• News 12 NJ: Bill Would Make Adoption Records More Accessible, 6/14/2010
  
  
• Philadelphia Inquirer: Bill to Unseal Some Adoption Records Advances in NJ Assembly, 6/16/2010
  
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• NJ.Com: N.J. Assembly Committee Approves Bill Unsealing Adoptees' Birth Records - 6/14/2010
  
  
• Letter to the Editor-Feb 11.2011 (See 4th letter to the editor)
• Letter to the Editor-Give Adoptees Their Birth Certificates, 2/11/2011
• Courier News
• Daily Record
• Letter to Asbury Park Press - 4/10/2008
• New Jersey Should OK Adoptee Bill-1/23/2011
• Letter to NorthJersey.com - The RECORD online edition - 3/23/2008

 
Evan B. Donaldson Institute
For the Records: Restoring a Right to Adult Adoptees [November 2007]

For the Records II: An Examination of the History and Impact of Adult Adoptee Access to Original Birth Certificates [July 2010]

Adoption Triangle Summary
Triseliotis, Feast and Kyle

Does Opening Adoption Records Have an Adverse Social Impact? Some Lessons from the U.S., Great Britain and Australia, 1953-2007,
E. Wayne Carp, PhD

The Strange History of Adult Adoptee Access to Original Birth Records
Elizabeth J. Samuels, JD,

Confidentiality Becomes Political
The New Strategy in Opposition to Open Records by Madelyn Freundlich, MSW, MPH, JD

Public Service Announcements in Support of Adoptees' Birthright Legislation [View PSA's]

Your Secret's Safe With Me [Listen]

Words & Music by Carol Barbieri

Authors/Singers/Songwriters support
Visit the artist's websites below:

• Jean Strauss
• Carol Barbieri
• Alison Larkin
• Zara H. Phillips
• AdopteesVoice