Reform Materials

These materials, plus the Jean's Strauss video: "Vital Records" are available from the AAC Legislative Director for $15, including shipping and handling:

• Statistics-States Implementing OBC Access Since 2000 (PDF, 22.6 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: (PDF file) (Word file)
   
• 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 to the Access Kit, 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). An easy-to-download with one click copy of this article, as well as copies of shorter articles on the same topic, is available at http://ssm.com/author-280573 ,

• NJ Public Service Announcements in Support of Adoptee Birthright Legislation

• Summary of A Study of NYS Adoptive Parents Conducted in 1994-1995