Landmark adoption ruling a bittersweet victory for Falcon man. The Colorado Springs Gazette has front page story here.

Read Shotgun Adoption, a revealing look at how pregnant women continue to be exploited by crisis pregnancy centers, published in The Nation.

Donaldson Institute releases report supporting the adoptee's right to the Original Birth Certificate — FOR THE RECORDS: RESTORING A RIGHT TO ADULT ADOPTEES, released this month for National Adoption Awareness Month, represents the most comprehensive examination to date of one of the most controversial, emotional issues in the modern adoption world: whether adopted people, once they become adults, should have access to their original birth information. This report suggests that all states change their laws so that the answer is "yes". To read the report, please visit: www.adoptioninstitute.org

The Guttmacher report on abortion statistics lists Delaware as one of the top five states in the country in per-capita abortion rates. While that statistic may be accurate, the Delaware paper, The News Journal, reported on January 22, 2008 that the per-capita abortion rate in Delaware dropped from 31.3 per 1,000 women in 2000 to 28.8 in 2005. Delaware’s law allowing adoptee access to the original birth certificate took effect in January 1999.

Carolyn Hoard, AAC Representative-Delaware

New Hampshire celebrates 1000 Original Birth Certificates to Adult Adoptees
A ceremony will be held July 9th at 10:00 AM at the New Hampshire Vital Records office in Concord, N.H. to celebrate the issuance of the 1000 th Original Birth Certificate (OBC) to adult adoptees born in New Hampshire. New Hampshire restored the civil and human right for adoptees to receive their OBC in 2004 when Senate Bill 335 (SB335) became law. New Hampshire became only the 7th state in the U.S. to allow adult adoptees access to their original birth certificate along with, Alabama, Alaska and Delaware, Kansas, Oregon and Tennessee.

Maine enacts legislation to provide adult adoptees with original birth certificate access. LD1084, an Act to Provide Adult Adoptees Access to their Original Birth Certificates, was signed into law on June 25, 2007. AAC congratulates the Maine organization for on their success. For more info, please visit: www.obcforme.org