These materials, plus the Jean's Strauss video: "Vital Records" are available from the AAC Legislative Director for $15, including shipping and handling:
- Oregon-Alabama-New Hamphire Contact Stats (
PDF, 123 KB)
- Launching Grass Roots Adoption Reform in Your State
- Meeting and Influencing Legislators
- New correct Legislative Terminology: (PDF file) (Word file)
- A Script to Use When Contacting Legislators
- Creating a Media/PR Campaign around Your Legislation
- Access Success in Oregon and New Hampshire: The Facts and the Data
- Myths About Adoptees' Access To Their Original Birth Certificates
- Abortion and Adoption Data from States who have Enacted Access
- Health Issues and Heredity
In addition to the Access Kit, the following information may also be helpful in your reform efforts:
- Oregon’s Measure 58 State Statistics
- The Idea of Adoption: An Inquiry Into the History of Adult Adoptee Access to Birth Records by Elizabeth J. Samuels. This powerful and detailed history of access to birth records was published in Rutgers Law Review #367 in 2001. (PDF, 967 KB)
