MAINE UPDATE: A COLLECTION OF RECENT NEWS STORIES ON THE RESTORATION OF ADOPTEE RIGHTS IN MAINE
Here is a collection of recent news articles in chronological order on the restoration of adoptee rights on Maine. I’m not making many comments on them, just putting them up here as a source of information. I’ll add more if they show up later. Once again! Congratulations Maine! Kennebec Journal, December 28, 2008Adoptees await more informationAbout three-quarters of the House supported the bill, and two-thirds of the Senate, according to Bobbi Beavers of South Berwick. A co-founder of Original Birth Certificates for Maine, Beavers called the legislation “a human rights bill.” “No one should ever be denied their original identity,” said Beavers. Cathy Robishaw of Falmouth, another group co-founder and an adoptee herself, said a friend helped her find her birth mother’s name in the mid-1990s. But getting her original birth certificate Friday will be a “huge deal,” and not just because she pushed for the law for four years. “I will just feel like everyone else at that point,” she explained. “It will just mean I’m not discriminated against, I’m treated like an adult.” Belfast Village Soup, December 29, 2008Adoptees may obtain their original birth certificatesThe first two adoptees receiving their original birth certificates will be Catherine Robishaw, co-founder Continue Reading →