If you haven’t heard, the South Dakota House of Representitives voted yes the other night with the vote as: YEAS 37, NAYS 32 on Senate Bill 153 to:

Provide procedures by which adopted persons may obtain their original birth certificates and the contact preference of birth parents aka: OPEN the ADOPTION RECORDS! Unseal the Original Birth Certificates!

Now before we get to ahead with the “whoo hoos” ( which I am guilty of myself) there is a small kicker…right after the web site gives a happy yeah.. we see:

03/10/2009 House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 37, NAYS 32. H.J. 755
03/11/2009 Senate Failed to concur, appoint Conference Committee, Passed S.J. 733
03/11/2009 House of Representatives Conference Committee appointments H.J. 786

WTF????

Now, over at FirstMotherForums, Lorraine has put together a great quick email to copy and paste and to send to the South Dakota reps becasue, oh noo..

They are so worried about the birthmothers supposed RIGHT TO CONFIDENTIALITY!!

Once again, us birth mothers need to come on out and explain how we were not promised, didn’t ask for it, don’t need it, don’t want it and it’s all a load of bullshit anyway.

Go forth, write letters, send emails, speak truth!

In the meantime, as we prepare for Philly in July and the Fight for Adoption Records, the new Adoptee Protest Video has been released.

Hot Damn! Personally, I think it is super brilliant and the visual of the big red DENIED graphic is extremely powerful.

I love it and as Philly gets closer, I get more and more excited to go there and be part of this all.

The fight for Open Adoption Records must be won!