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MISSOURI HOUSE VOTES DOWN OPEN RECORDS BILL
The Missouri House of Representatives voted down the pending open records legislation by a large margin.
It comes as no suprise to the members of Aborn that the legislative members in the state of Missouri have a dire fear of
opening adoption records in the state of Missouri.
Missouri was the largest market in the United States for adoption during the 1940's and 1950's.
Kansas City Missouri had an outrageous number of maternity homes in comparision to any other state in the union.
And let us not forget Missouri was the last state to join the Union because they refused to give up their right to own slaves.
So they will probably rank last once again in restoring adopted individuals their civil and constitutional rights
guaranteed by the United States Constitution.
For more information on the baby market boom in KCMO during the past century be sure to visit
or Aborn Co Founder Gen Goad's webpage
We applaud the efforts the Missouri Open 2000 and all those who worked so hard to restore adoptees rights
in the State of Missouri and especially to the sponsor of the open records bill
Glenda Kelly.
From: Judy Kennett
To: Missouri-Open-2000@egroups.com <
Date: Monday, August 07, 2000 2:47 PM
Subject: [Missouri-Open-2000] Rhetoric of Fear Used to Defeat OBC Bill
A few Missouri Representatives are on the record as
employing fear-based rhetoric to defeat our OBC bill last
session. In doing so, they portrayed adult adoptees as being
immature, irresponsible,and unable to handle their own
private affairs without the help of a state-mandated
intermediary. Adult adoptees were also portrayed as doorstep
stalkers of birth parents.
Those who used emotional rhetoric to defeat our bill were
Representatives Backer, Hartzler, Ridgeway, and Dolan.
Enclosed is some of what they said during the live House
debate:
Rep. Gracia Backer, Democrat and adoptive mother now running
for Lt. Governor from Callaway County, said: ....she made
the right decision to give that child up, and all of a
sudden now, guess who's knocking at the door.
Rep. Vicky Hartzler (Republican and adoptive mother from
Cass County) said: And whereas I believe a lot of the
adopted adults, or children, would be responsible and
maybe not show up on somebody's doorstep or be irresponsible
about it, I think there's still the chance though that
several families lives could be shattered by doing away with
the go between that we currently have in law.
Rep. Luanne Ridgeway (Republican and most vocal critic of
our bill from Clay County) said: How would you like it if
you were the pastor of a church or if you are
senator or a representative or maybe you're just a farmer
and you're enjoying your life, and someone has wrongly
written your name down on the original birth certificate as
the father and they come knocking on your door. Gee wouldn't
that be an exciting day and a wonderful bit of dinner
conversation.
Rep. Jon Dolan (Republican from St. Charles County) said:
:....how did we not reach a point where the intermediary
system is utilized, where we prevent the inevitable doorstep
encounter....
So, if you are a registered voter in Missouri, please let
your state rep and state senator know that you do not
appreciate adopted citizens being stereotyped in this
manner, and ask them to vote YES on restoring the civil
right of adult adults to apply for and receive their OBCs in
the same manner as non-adopted adults.
Missouri Open 2000 Board
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