Adoption Groups Blogs

September 11, 2008, 3:54 pm

Ever since I found out that Tom Burnett, considered to be one of the heroes from the September 11th tragedies that struck the United States in 2001 was a birthfather, I find myself thinking of him and his birth daughter each and every September 11th. I am sure that there were other people lost on...

March 21, 2008, 8:41 am

Illinois is trying to pass a bill that would make it easier for adult adoptees to get their original birth certificates, very similar to the bill in New Jersey. Republican Sara Feigenholtz is sponsoring the bill that would give many adoptees twenty one years old or older access to their original...

March 31, 2008, 9:35 am

Lately there have been many articles in various news publications about pending legislation to open adoption records so that adoptees would have access to their birth records. This would allow adoptees to have a greater chance of obtaining medical information and reuniting with their birth parents....

January 25, 2008, 2:25 am

This week a Senate panel in New Jersey finally unanimously approved a bill (S611) that will allow adult adoptess to get their original birth certificates which are currently sealed by law. This bill will allow adult adoptees or the adoptive parents of a child to petition the state registrar for a...

February 4, 2008, 10:35 pm

A story out of Liverpool recently caught my attention I was reading through my Google News Alerts. A young woman, Rachel Selby, will celebrate her twenty first birthday on March 22nd and she is hoping to locate her birthmother before then and invite her to her birthday party. Searching occurs...

February 7, 2008, 10:41 pm

A recent article out of the Mid County Chronicle discusses the registry that is through The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) and the Texas Vital Statistics Central Adoption Registry. Through this registry adult adoptees can be reunited with birth parents or birth siblings who sign...

February 15, 2008, 7:01 am

This story out of The Clarion Ledger in Mississippi provides an example of why open records are needed and why adoptees need and deserve easier access to their medical records. In the article, we are introduced to Lauren McCrary, an adult adoptee. Lauren and her twin brother were adopted...

August 25, 2008, 9:49 pm

I came across an article recently about a man who found his birth parents via MySpace. It’s kind of interesting that MySpace has become more than just a social networking website. It’s such a large and widely used website that it makes sense that you could potentially locate birthparents or...

November 27, 2008, 5:09 am

The Nebraskan Safe Haven Law that has created much talk and controversy has finally been changed. Safe Haven Laws allow a mother to leave her baby at a pre-determined “safe haven.” It differs a bit from state to state but safe haven locations typically include hospitals, fire departments, or...

March 24, 2008, 8:26 am

While half paying attention to television Friday night, I heard this unique adoption/reunion story and was intrigued by the details I did hear, so I got online to search for more. I must preface this story by saying it is one of those stories that is so rare and unique. Brandy Hersh, now 27 and...