The GAP YEARS are gone! The MA Registry of Vital Records & Statistics has updated its website with new law info & revised application form. Effective 11/3/22, all persons born in MA may access their #OriginalBirthCertificate. #AdopteeTwitter mass.gov/how-to/apply-for-a-…

Thank you, @repkatehogan, for championing this bill!

"Ireland Opens Decades of Secret Records to Adoptees Thousands of people are being promised new rights to information, a potentially momentous step in a country where unmarried mothers were pressured for decades to give up their babies." nytimes.com/2022/10/07/world…

It's official! This afternoon, @MassGovernor Baker signed into law An Act granting equal access to original birth certificates to all persons born in Massachusetts.

Please read our latest newsletter for THANK YOUs to people who helped make OBC access for ALL #adoptees born in MA a reality! #adopteetwitter #mapoli shoutout.wix.com/so/cbO9P9bl…

THANK YOU to everyone who helped get this important legislation passed. See the THANK YOUs in our latest newsletter. shoutout.wix.com/so/cbO9P9bl…

Senate Passes Legislation Giving Adoptees Access to Birth Certificates framinghamsource.com/index.p…

There are many people to thank, but chief among them are our legislative sponsors Rep @seangarballeyMA, @repkatehogan, State Senator @AnneGobi, & Sen Pres @KarenSpilka Please contact their offices and let them know how much you appreciate their support.

WE. DID. IT. The Senate has passed An Act granting equal access to original birth certificates to all persons born in Massachusetts! The vote was unaimous! Congratulations to everyone who has worked so hard to achieve this moment!

Access MA representatives & constituents of Sen. Lovely met with her this afternoon to discuss H.2294/S.1440. She assures us that the Committee on Rules is doing "due diligence" and is hopeful that it can be passed during this session. There are 14 days left in this session. 1/2

2/2 Please contact both Senator Lovely (617-722-1410, [email protected]) & Senate President Karen Spilka (617) 722-1500, [email protected]) and ask them to bring H.2294/S.1440 to the floor now!

Att: MA #Adoptees! Tweet @SenJoanLovely and @KarenSpilka. Tell them why you want your own original birth certificate. #AdopteeTwitter #adopteevoices @MA_Senate Pass H.2294/S.1440 NOW! OBCforMA.org

Coming to the end of 2nd Week of Action. Keep calling, emailing, & sharing. Ask your networks to help. We're making progress, but the end of the legislative session is in 6 weeks. What are YOU doing to convince the Senate to pass H.2294/S.1440 NOW! OBCforMa.org

Action Week 2. Write a letter to the Editor of your local newspaper. Use our FAQs for guidance. obcforma.org/_files/ugd/8aa0…

Week of Action Day 6! Yes, you CAN call Senators & Senate Rules Committee during the weekend. Leave a voice mail w/ your name, city, state, & phone number. Message: Pass H.2294/S1440 NOW! Rules Committee (617) 722-1410. Find your Senator: malegislature.gov/Search/Fin… #adopteetwitter

Fantastic. Now PLEASE pass. H.2294/S.1440 and grant ALL adoptees born in MA access to their own original birth certificates. #Equality #AdopteeRights @SenJoanLovely @KarenSpilka We have waited too long.

Day 5 Week of Action! MA needs YOU. Please call the Senate Rules Committee (617) 722-1410. Urge them to move H.2294/S.1440 forward NOW! ALL #adoptees should have access to their own original birth certificates. #mapoli @MA_Senate

Join our good friends and collaborators @SuzanneBachner and @braderb next week at #AdoptionHappyHour.