Adoptee Rights Demonstration

ADOPTEE RIGHTS DEMONSTRATION - EQUAL ACCESS TO BIRTH CERTIFICATES

Adopted persons, their families and friends will be gathering in NewOrleans for the National Conference of State Legislators for ademonstration on equal rights for adopted persons in the United States.

DATE: July 22, 2008

TIME: 9:00 am

DEMONSTRATION LOCATION: Lafayette Square Park New Orleans.

The demonstration will begin at Lafayette Square Park marching 8 blocks tothe National Conference of State Legislators being held at the ErnestN. Morial Convention Center ( 900 Convention Center Blvd., New Orleans)

WEB SITE FOR DEMONSTRATION: http://www.adopteerights.net

In the United States only six states (Alabama, Alaska, Kansas, Maine,New Hampshire and Oregon) allow adopted persons access to their original birth certificates. We believe that it is discriminatory to legally withhold personal information and documents from citizens thatall other tax-paying voting citizens are entitled to.Nowhere on any adoption contract or in any legislation is it written that an adopted person can not possess their original birthcertificate or why the birth certificate is withheld from the adoptee.

Opposition to adopted persons possessing their original birthcertificates will present legally unsupported claims that a relinquishing mother has the right to privacy and to be protected fromher daughter or son relinquished to adoption, therefore allowing amother a lifetime of privacy and anonymity. This is discrimination. Relinquishing mothers do not seal their children's original birthcertificates - the original birth certificates are sealed by state governments.

The participants of the demonstration believe that every citizen ofthe United States should be treated equally. To do otherwise is discrimination. We would like all remaining states to introduce legislation that will allow adopted persons in the United Statesaccess to their original birth certificates.We encourage your reporters to cover this story and event to help us bring public awareness to this demonstration in New Orleans.

Media contacts for New Orleans Demonstration
Kali Coultas
805 500-5317 (pst)
Cell: 805 607-2704
withoutatribe@ yahoo.com

Michelle Edmunds
516 593-2753 (est)
Cell: 516 263-1556
michelle.edmunds@ gmail.com

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