Email from 10/10/18 to MN Candidates

(The following pasted email was sent to ALL 2018 candidates for MN House of Representatives and Governor).





Ryan Ry Sibinski <[email protected]>



Wed, Oct 10, 11:04 AM



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.