OHIO: Support Ohio Adoptees–BEAohio Up and Running on MySpace
There is a new addition to MySpace: BEA–Buckeyes for Equal Access. BEA has been formed specifically to support Ohio HB 7, which, as CURRENTLY WRITTEN restores the right of all Ohio adoptees to unrestricted access to their birth certificates. It also abolishes current birth parent disclosure vetoes in place since 1996. www.myspace.com/beaohio.com BEA is an independent group not affiliated with any organization although it adheres to a no compromise, leave-no-one-behind, policy. Anyone can become a BEA friend, but we are inviting particularly anyone with an Ohio adoption connection who believes in the unalienable right of all adoptees to their identities and public records of their births–that adopted persons are legally equal to the not-adopted. We want people who will visit, write call, fax, and email Ohio legislators and demand that adoptees be treated equally Compromise is in the air. We need you not only to work for passage of HB 7 AS WRITTEN, but support those who go to the mattress for adoptees. They need to know they aren’t alone and have the backing of the the adoptee rights community. And don’t forget the 1996 adoptees with vetoes who aren’t yet old enough to speak for themselves. We don’t want Continue Reading →