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William
F. Bolan, Jr., J.D.
Executive
Director
January 31, 2005
A C
T I O
N A L
E R T
A-3237 / S-1093
ISSUE: A-3237
sponsored by Assemblyman Louis Manzo permits adopted person, their descendant
or parent, if a minor, access to adopted person’s original birth certificate
and other related information. Adoption
records, currently sealed, could be opened with out the agreement of the birth
parents. This bill has been referred to
Assembly Family, Women and Children's Services Committee. On December 6, 2004 Senate version S-1093
passed the Senate (26-14) and was referred to the Assembly Family, Women’s and
Children Services Committee.
OUR
POSITION: A-3237 shatters the guarantee of
confidentiality that the state gave thousands of birth parents who placed their
babies for adoption. This legislation is
potentially explosive and damaging to birth parents that have depended on
confidentiality as their legal protection and guarantee. If this bill passes,
the only confidential option in
ACTION: Write
to Member of the Assembly
Family, Women and Children's Services Committee and Assembly
Speaker Albio Sires and express your opposition to A3237/S1093. Attached is a Fact Sheet which may
be used in the formulation of your letter of opposition.
Representing the Archdiocese of
Diocese of
Our Lady of Deliverance Syriac
Catholic Diocese