Adoptee Support Advs

Adoptee Support Advocates is a support group - in person & online - that provides support for adoptees and birth/first families for all things adoption related.

[Adoptee Support Advs @AdopteeSupport]

We believe that having information about your genetic and ancestral history during your childhood is vital to healthy growth and development.

[Adoptee Rights Law @adopteelaw]

I lay things out about the Texas bill. While I imagine I'll be called a meanie for doing so, it's necessary for all of us to know what's at stake right now #OBC2019 https://t.co/UZhekKNVhA

[Adoptee Support Advs @AdopteeSupport]

Update on #HB2725.

[Adoptee Support Advs @AdopteeSupport]

According to the #txlege site #HB2725 has not been recommended for passage and is not being reported out favorably by the Public Health Committee. We will have more information soon.

[Adoptee Support Advs @AdopteeSupport]

We love support group meeting day! #adoptees #support #search #reunion #adopteevoices

[Adoptee Support Advs @AdopteeSupport]

Support group meeting day is tomorrow! Will you be joining us?

[Adoptee Support Advs @AdopteeSupport]

Join us for our next support group meeting on Saturday, April 13th, from 4-6 pm at Berryhill in the Heights, 702 E. 11th St, Houston, TX. #adoptees #adopteevoices #support #search #reunion #firstfamilies

[akaAlison {A.1189/74} 🇮🇪☘️🌈🎨⚛️ @akaalison1]

What fresh hell is this!?!
#adoption is a last resort, not a birth choice for the privileged! As an adopted person I'm offended by your message & I question your motives!
Your "god" wants "more families to consider adoption"?
Funny, because my "god" wants family preservation...

[Adoptee Support Advs @AdopteeSupport]

Join us for our next support group meeting on Saturday, April 13th, from 4-6 pm at Berryhill in the Heights, 702 E. 11th St, Houston, TX. #adoptees #adopteevoices #support #search #reunion #firstfamilies

[Vivek Sankaran @vivekssankaran]

A brave young adult who was adopted out of #fostercare described to me the years of pain caused by not knowing why she had been adopted, why she couldn't see her mother again, and why her voice had been silenced. No child should lose a parent without having a say in the decision

[Equality4Adoptees @E4Adoptees]

Thanks to @RepCalanni132 for ensuring #HB2725 got a House committee hearing! #OBC2019 #GetItRight #MakeItEqual #EqualityForAll #adopteerights

[Adoptee Support Advs @AdopteeSupport]

#Adoptees in Texas! This hearing is for you. Make your way to the Capitol next Wednesday to show your support for restoring adoptee rights to their own birth certificates! Details in the thread below. #OBC2019 #adopteerights #HB2725

[Equality4Adoptees @E4Adoptees]

We have a hearing in the House Public Health Committee for #HB2725 on Wednesday, April 10th. The hearing will start at 10:30 am or upon adjournment of the House. Hearing room at the Capitol is located in room E2.026. Verbal testimony will be limited due to a heavy calendar.

[Adoptee Support Advs @AdopteeSupport]

This thread is absolutely worth your time! #adoptees #adopteevoices #adoption #adopteereality

[Adoptee Support Advs @AdopteeSupport]

@tom_hynes The truth is the truth. Politics and society historically have not cared about the truth where #adoptees are concerned.

[Adoptee Support Advs @AdopteeSupport]

This cannot be said enough. Adoptees are NOT blank slates. We come with our own personality built from our genetic history. Nature is powerful and should never be dismissed.

[Angela Barra🔊 @MareeAngeBarra]

Biology matters! We inherit traits from our biological family! Our temperament, intelligence, for example, are influenced by genetics.
We are not just shaped by our environment. We are not blank slates!

We have origins. How can you respect an adoptee yet deny birth rights?

[Adoptee Support Advs @AdopteeSupport]

@neithskye @RebeccaJHawkes We completely agree. This is so basic! The need for magical thinking that allows one to believe that adoptees are blank slates is terrifying.

[Aphrodite @this1is4ewe]

Not going to see #DumboMovie as an #adoptee I don’t think I can or will choose to tolerate this movie. it broke my heart as a child and I’m quite sure my inner child which is still very broken and active due to adoption trauma will be unable to bare the reoccurring pain of loss

[Adoptee Support Advs @AdopteeSupport]

@RepCalanni132 Thank you for being an #adoptee advocating for the rights of all other adoptees. We love that you are not willing to sacrifice the rights of some adoptees just to get a piece of legislation passed. You're a true advocate for adoptees & your constituents. #HB2725

[Adoptee Rights Law @adopteelaw]

I love that there is a Gladney adoptee rights group. There should also be a Crittenton one.

[Equality4Adoptees @E4Adoptees]

Big shout out to @Jon_RosenthalTX for signing on as a coauthor on #HB2725. We love to see our hometown Reps showing up in big ways to support adoptee rights to their OBCs. #adopteerights #OBC2019 #txlege @RepCalanni132