Email String: Rep Jennifer Schultz

Tue, Mar 5, 11:43 AM
to Jennifer:

I do appreciate the interest in this issue that you showed in a reply to my email last October. Thanks.

I think your on the HHS Policy, which is the first stop for this type of bill, but you don't have a law background. Several lawmakers have told me almost word for word what you have -- that they are not the best person for the bill.  Nobody knows who the right person is apparently.

Do you know any other information about reasoning for HF2030 last session? Do you know any reason not to eliminate the affidavits completely?  Please let me know if I'm hassling you; I don't intend to do that.
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On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 11:08 AM Jennifer Schultz <Rep.Jennifer.Schultz@house.mn> wrote:

Hi Ryan.

I think you should find a MN Legislator that serves on the relevant committee and has a background in law. I’m not the best person to carry this bill.
Jen
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On Mar 5, 2019, at 10:39 AM, Ryan Ry Sibinski <ry2000go@gmail.com> wrote:

Representative Schultz,
I spoke to your legislative aid, Lyndsey Hanson, and we agreed that I was going to send you this email.

A bill that you co-sponsored last session, HF2030, would have changed laws that govern the access of original birth records of adopted persons.  However, HF2030 still leaves Affidavits of Non Disclosure in place. Only a judge can release them, according to the bill. Therefore, it is possible that some adopted persons will be left without access.

The controversy surrounding bills like these seems to boil down to, let's call it, "birth parent's privacy" versus the "adopted person's right to birth records". Unfortunately, one is at the expense of the other.  How do you weigh the issue?

I'm hoping for a law that causes the existing Affidavits of Non Disclosure to expire or to be voided because I think UNCRC treaty makes it very clear that the right to original identity documents is a basic human right. I think that all adopted people should have access to their unaltered birth records, just like non adopted people have.
Regards,
Ry





On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 9:11 AM Ryan Ry Sibinski <ry2000go@gmail.com> wrote:
Representative Schultz,
Do you remember you told me by voice mail that we could reconnect in two weeks? I had missed your call for our phone appointment, and then called back two minutes later but there was no answer.  That was back on January 11th. What happened?
Regards,
Ry

On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 10:53 AM Ryan Ry Sibinski <ry2000go@gmail.com> wrote:
Representative Schultz,
Can you help me on this?  I still haven't found a sponsor or even someone to go to the reviser's office for me. I'm smh that nobody cares about my internationally recognized human rights, or those of adopted people.

I'm attaching a copy of the letter from MN Dept of Health that denies me a copy of my birth record for 100 years.
Regards,
Ry

On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 2:59 PM Jennifer Schultz <schultzformnrep@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Ryan.

I’m interested in this issue. I have an uncle I’ll never meet because he was adopted in IL.

Thank you for contacting us.
Jen

On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 11:08 AM Ryan Ry Sibinski <ry2000go@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear All Candidates for Minnesota House of Representatives,


Closed adoption laws that seal original birth certificates of adopted people in confidentiality, thus severing ties between family members, constitute a clear violation of widely accepted international law -- the human right to identity -- and this injustice should be corrected by the Minnesota legislature immediately.


Many politicians claim that allowing adopted people access to their original birth certificate is a controversial issue, yet the UNCRC treaty shows overwhelming consensus for the right to identity as a basic human right; the UNCRC is the most widely ratified international treaty in history.



I've included links below to my blog where I outline that basic civil rights of Due Process and Equal Protection are also violated because of adoption-related laws.


As a candidate for Minnesota House of Representatives, would you please stand up for these rights and support a bill that would overhaul closed adoption laws?

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Sources:

Minnesota State Law (144.225 (c)) subjects adoptees to discriminatory laws that differ from non adopted counterparts:

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/144.225


Minnesota State Law that seals in confidentiality the original birth certificate of adoptees, in violation of UNCRC:

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/144.218#stat.144.218.1


UNCRC, United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child -- right to identity -- (See Article 7 and Article 8):

https://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CRC.aspx


The UNCRC is the Most widely ratified treaty in world history:

https://www.unicef.org.uk/what-we-do/un-convention-child-rights/



My blog post regarding the civil and human rights of people adopted as children:

http://rysibinski.blogspot.com/2018/03/identity-injustice_22.html?spref=tw





Best regards,

Ryan Sibinski   •   773-707-3014 (cell)  •   @RyanSibinski_



P.S. I was adopted as a child in Minnesota. I have teamed with other adopted people to raise awareness about this issue, and to correct this injustice.

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Ryan Sibinski   •   773-707-3014 (cell)  •   @RyanSibinski_