Reform Materials
Following are printable or downloadable materials that you may find useful. The AAC Legislative Committee welcomes requests for review and analysis of proposed legislation, and letters of support for distribution to legislators. Please allow at least 30 days for review and comments
- 2017 State Legislative Session Dates
- Statistics-States Implementing OBC Access Since 2000 (PDF, 22.6 KB)
- Stats for States with Access Backup ( PDF, 306 KB)
- The Effects of Unsealing Records in NJ ( 39.6 KB)
- Launching Grass Roots Adoption Reform in Your State
- Meeting and Influencing Legislators
- New correct Legislative Terminology
- A Script to Use When Contacting Legislators
- Creating a Media/PR Campaign around Your Legislation
- Access Success in Oregon and New Hampshire: The Facts and the Data
- Myths About Adoptees' Access To Their Original Birth Certificates
- Abortion and Adoption Data from States who have Enacted Access
- Health Issues and Heredity
In addition the following information may also be helpful in your reform efforts:
- Oregon’s Measure 58 State Statistics
- The Idea of Adoption: An Inquiry Into the History of Adult Adoptee Access to Birth Records by Elizabeth J. Samuels. This powerful and detailed history of access to birth records was published in Rutgers Law Review #367 in 2001. (PDF, 967 KB).
- NJ Public Service Announcements in Support of Adoptee Birthright Legislation
- Adoptive Parent' Attitudes Towards Openess