SC RuthAnn, Adopted Writer

Adoptees, this bad bill should be rejected. The bill it wants to amend was bad--this one is even more restrictive.  South Carolina needs to release access restrictions to all pre-adoption records, for all adult adoptees, with no contact preference, no birthdate or adoption certification year qualifiers. Pre-filed by Rep. R.J. Mays, it landed in Judiciary the same day. This punitive bill was sponsored by a politician along the lines of Florida's DeSantis. Need I say more?  I'm 70, have been in reunion with my birthmother since 1994, all my parents are deceased, and I still have no "lawful" access to my Original Birth Certificate, foster records--my identification from birth.  This proposed bill is archaic and discriminatory. Adoptees are treated in the United States of America like a separate class.  I'll be learning more details from Marley Greiner of Bastard Nation | The Adoptee Rights Organization (bastards.org) .  I'll be speaking again with (Fmr) Rep. Pat...

I'm re-posting Marley Greiner's Blog post from Today's Daily Bastardette because she says it so well.    http://www.dailybastardette.com/south-carolina-obc-bill-introduced-retains-infantile-restrictions/ South Carolina. OBC Bill Introduced: Retains infantile restrictions Posted on  November 26, 2021   by  dailybastardette@gmail.com On November 10,  Rep. Robert “RJ” May  pre-filed  HB 4566 i n the House.  The bill amends the state’s current law, passed in 2018 (which started out clean and went down dirty) that permits adoptees, age 18 and over whose adoptions are finalized after July 1, 2019, to obtain a non-certified copy of their OBC  “and “evidence of adoption,”  but only with the consent of the biological parent(s)  That consent is authorized through the submission of a  “Contact Preference Form or other notarized documents. In practical terms, the 2019 law can’t be utilized until 2037, except in cases of older child/fo...

Gregory Luce of Adoptees United has informed us about a new development in South Carolina which concerns me greatly.      HB4566: Consent-based bill applied retroactively to all adoptions in the state, no matter the date the adoption was finalized.        Representative R.J. May has pre-filed a bill that will amend Section 44-63-140, which was amended as recently as 2019 but the enacted law at that time only applied to adoptions finalized after July 1, 2019. HB4566 effectively makes the 2019 law retroactive to all adoptions no matter when finalized, stating that adult adoptees may obtain a “copy of their original birth certificate and accompanying evidence of adoption with the consent of the biological parent and applies retroactively, regardless of the date on which the adoption was finalized.” Status: Referred to Judiciary Committee the same day it was pre-filed. Awaiting to learn of its status, and what subcommittee.         ...