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
Welcome! This space was formerly "Ibis and Hibiscus," started seven years ago. My writing journey has progressed, and a new memoir, 'I Must Have Wandered: An Adopted Air Force Daughter Recalls,' is in progress. I hope it will be in your hands in early 2022.