Free States of Bastard Nation: Kansas, Alaska, Oregon, Alabama, New Hampshire, Maine, and Rhode Island are the only states in the US that recognize thee right of adoptees to the unrestricted right to their own birth certificates.
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Please add my email address to receive ALL updates. Many of us are hoping Minnesota will open soon. Each year a large group of adoptees and birth Moms approach the Legislature to open OBC. But the Children’s Home Society of Minnesota argues that it is necessary to protect Birth Moms. BMs were never promised secrecy, in fact, they were told their children would have access to their OBC when they reached 19.
Please add my email address to receive ALL updates. Many of us are hoping Minnesota will open soon. Each year a large group of adoptees and birth Moms approach the Legislature to open OBC. But the Children’s Home Society of Minnesota argues that it is necessary to protect Birth Moms. BMs were never promised secrecy, in fact, they were told their children would have access to their OBC when they reached 19.