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IMPORTANT! The WA-CARE meeting today March 13 at 1pm has been moved to the following location:
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1748 Pacific Ave
Tacoma, 98402All are welcome to attend.
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MEETING THIS SUNDAY!!
REMINDER! The next WA-CARE meeting will THIS COMING SUNDAY, March 13th at 1 pm. We will be meeting at the Commencement Bay Coffee Shop, 2354 Jefferson Avenue, Tacoma WA 98402. We’ll be discussing Senate Bill 5178, House Bill 1267, possibilities … Continue reading
Update February 24, 2011
SB 5178 SB 5178 sponsored by Sen. Carrell, has not been scheduled for a hearing and we don’t believe that it will receive a hearing this year. At our next meeting we will discuss how to proceed given that we … Continue reading
Update for January 25, 2011
Last week we learned that Senator Mike Carrell had sponsored bill SB 5178 with Senator Val Stevens as co-sponsor. This bill would amend RCW 26.33.345 in such a way that would allow adoptees access to their birth certificates but would … Continue reading
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Action Requested! Senate Bill 5178 Unacceptable!
We were surprised to find that a bill, “relating to access to original birth certificates after adoption finalization” was filed today in the Washington State Senate. Senate Bill 5178 is being sponsored by Senators Carrell and Stevens. This is not … Continue reading
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Meeting January 20, 2011
WA-CARE will meet on January 20th, 2011 at Noon at the Cutter’s Point coffee shop located at 5750 Ruddell Road SE, in Lacey, WA. All are welcome to attend.
Update
While there hasn’t been a post in awhile I have been quietly fighting with the blog, behind the scenes. I am trying to figure out how to get it to do all the things I know it can do. With … Continue reading
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Our Next Meeting
Our next meeting will be at noon on July 22, 2010 at Cutter’s Point Coffee Shop, 5750 Ruddell Road SE Lacey. All are welcome and encouraged to attend. Sorry about the short notice I thought I had posted this before … Continue reading
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What Occurred During the 2010 Legislative Session
The 2010 Legislative Session was a time for learning for WA-CARE. We begun with a hope and only the vaguest idea of what we needed to do to turn that hope into a bill and that bill into a law. … Continue reading
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What We Are Asking For
We are asking that access to birth records re-instated to all adoptees, not just those who were adopted after 1993. Adopted persons deserve the same rights to access documents that pertain to them as non-adopted persons.
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What We’re Up Against: Current WA Law
Back in the 1940s Washington became one of many states that began sealing adoption records. Based on my research I believe that at the time Washington (and other states) began keeping adoptees from their birth records no one understood the … Continue reading
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