AccessMassachusetts

Grassroots effort to restore the human right of ALL Adoptees born in Massachusetts to have access to their Original Birth Certificates (#OBCs).

[AccessMassachusetts @OBCforMA]

@TheGoodAdoptee #NoMoreGapYears

[AccessMassachusetts @OBCforMA]

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 https://t.co/u0PGaxbrZ5

[AccessMassachusetts @OBCforMA]

Thank you, @repkatehogan, for championing this bill!

[Kate Hogan @repkatehogan]

Today @MassGovernor signed into law the bill I filed with @seangarballeyMA granting equal access to original birth certificates to all adoptees born in Massachusetts. Grateful to Speaker @RonMariano Chair @RepMichlewicz and @OBCforMA #mapoli

[The Children's League of Massachusetts @childrensleague]

Thank you @seangarballeyMA, @repkatehogan @AnneGobi @MassGovernor and @MassLtGov for honoring adoptees and celebrating with us at today's bill signing! Allowing access to one's original birth certificate means recognizing and respecting part of a person's core identity. @OBCforMA

[Kate Hogan @repkatehogan]

S/O to my constituents Etta Lappen Davis of @OBCforMA and @rachelgwaltney of @childrensleague for their advocacy!

[AccessMassachusetts @OBCforMA]

"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."
https://t.co/F3QLsccdCp

[AccessMassachusetts @OBCforMA]

@RudyOwensMemoir Thank you @RudyOwensMemoir!

[AccessMassachusetts @OBCforMA]

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.

[AccessMassachusetts @OBCforMA]

@SenJoanLovely @KarenSpilka @AnneGobi @MA_Senate Thank you, the Rules Committee, and your staff for your support.

[AccessMassachusetts @OBCforMA]

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 https://t.co/BuioD8Yszb

[AccessMassachusetts @OBCforMA]

@adamghinds @MA_Senate Some of our favorite people!

[AccessMassachusetts @OBCforMA]

THANK YOU to everyone who helped get this important legislation passed. See the THANK YOUs in our latest newsletter. https://t.co/NMf9vjHhRl

[AccessMassachusetts @OBCforMA]

Senate Passes Legislation Giving Adoptees Access to Birth Certificates https://t.co/vCpUeoRUu1

[AccessMassachusetts @OBCforMA]

@polabmgr Correct!

[AccessMassachusetts @OBCforMA]

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!

[AccessMassachusetts @OBCforMA]

@TheGoodAdoptee @JMTCTheatre Thank you @JMTCTheatre and @TheGoodAdoptee. You have been superb partners!

[AccessMassachusetts @OBCforMA]

@TheGoodAdoptee Thank you so much for your undying support! We couldn't have done it without you!

[AccessMassachusetts @OBCforMA]

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.

[AccessMassachusetts @OBCforMA]

@MA_Senate #MApoli @ProgressiveMass @state_sen @massdems

[AccessMassachusetts @OBCforMA]

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