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" Body: Press Release NC Coalition for Adoption Reform challenges all opposition of HB445 & SB111 to allow the bills due process by letting the majority voice be heard. Legislation without representation brings severe hostility to thousands of North Carolina citizens based on myths and personal convictions with Tuesday, May 8th 2007 vote on HB445. Front steps of the North Carolina Legislative Building - Raleigh, NC May 7th, 2007 at 3pm: The North Carolina Coalition for Adoption Reform requests the media’s participation by attending a press conference to ensure this tragedy does not occur. There are an estimated 4,000 bills before the legislation, and each bill deserves due process. “Of the people, by the people, for the people” is what our legislators pledge to uphold, but currently this might be proven false. Those opposed to our legislation have yet to offer any proof to their reasoning for denying these bills. When this takes place, the people are not truly represented. NC Coalition for Adoption Reform challenges those in opposition to allow the voice of the majority to be heard. Opposition to HB445 raises concern over implied birthmother privacy rights being violated when the current statute reads: § 48 3 703. Content of relinquishment; mandatory provisions. (8) That the individual executing the relinquishment understands that when the adoption is final, all rights and duties of the individual executing the relinquishment with respect to the minor will be extinguished and all other aspects of the legal relationship between the minor child and the parent will be terminated; This means the parent or birthmother forfeits their rights after finalization of adoption regarding that person. There is nothing within the statute which grants any privacy or confidentiality to the person who relinquishes a child Birthmother Dianna Ricketts, a member of NC Coalition for Adoption Reform, testified before House Judiciary I committee to this very fact stating “…it was never implied nor expected…” In addition to the press conference, media packets will be available to the press. These packets contain the same documentation presented to all legislatures involved with each bill. Your participation will graciously protect our democratic values again. Please show your supprt. You can email me at david.vaughan@suddenlink.net If you live in NC and support this bill, please show your support and be at the Tuesday May 8th committee hearing. THANK YOU "

5/7/2007 9:54:26 AM

words

5/7/2007 9:59:01 AM

basically:

kids are adopted with no family history.

they have medical problems and need access to their parents medical history.

No access is allowed.


They're trying to pass a bill in Raleigh to help with this.

5/7/2007 10:10:09 AM

You know, I bet more people would be interested in politics if the bills were written a little more clearly.

5/7/2007 11:08:08 AM

So what do you guys think? Should a parent's total anonymity be witheld regardless of the circumstances?


What's a better option?

5/7/2007 3:10:30 PM

Solution: More bureacracy.

Someone goes through the parents health records with a Sharpie a-la "Above Top-Secret UFO Stuff" blocking out information that isn't needed for health reasons.

5/7/2007 3:29:37 PM

The one bill that I've seen and support (not SB111) would allow for the birthparents to provide the medical information and that would be it. Nothing more after that. The people from NC Coalition for Adoption Reform are a composition of birthparents and adult adoptees who want to either see their birthparent, or child they gave up for adoption.

I don't like these bills at all.

5/8/2007 9:23:16 AM