This week Utah Governor Gary R. Herbert signed two bills that continue to abrogate the rights of Utah–born adoptees.
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Month: March 2020
Measurable Rights, the historial documentary about Oregon Ballot Measure 58 is now onlilne
The long-lost documentary Measure Rights: is now online. Measurable Rights The fight for open records in Oregon is the story of Helen Hill and Bastard Nation, who used Oregon’s Ballot Measure 58 to open sealed …
Continue readingUtah HB345: Bastard Nation Asks Gov. Herbert to Veto/ Action Alert
Not only were adoptees and their rights trivialized, but their hope of equal treatment under law, due process, and right to “personal records” (words from the bill) were played with. HB345 is no only bad politics, but cruel politics. Due to HB 345, real people, with real faces, real names, real families, real records, and real hopes were hung out to dry apparently to get “something passed” at the end of the session that legislators didn’t even care enough about to discuss in public. The outcome of HB345 suggests that the purpose of records access is personal reunion rather than political rights. The result will be the increased use of “outing” mechanisms such as social media and online DNA tests, which often involve public exposure of the names and other private information of adoptee and birthparents, rather than the quiet release of a state-held document to adoptees.
Continue readingThings for Homebound Bastards to Do During COVID-19 Lockdown
Stuck at home with “nothing to do?” Don’t be a bored bastard. Here are some ideas.
Continue readingHB1039 passes Maryland House overwhelmingly. Now on to Senate! Help us!
From Capitol Coalition for Adoptee Rights: Maryland’s HB1039 has passed the House, 130-8, with adoptee delegates stepping up to support the bill’s passage! On to the Senate. Keep up with efforts, join us, and …
Continue readingBastard Nation Action Alert: Utah H345 restricted bill goes to Senate. Kill it now!
Please drop a line to Utah Senators and ask them to oppose HB 345. .There is no state interest in keeping original birth certificates sealed from adult adoptees to which they pertain. Nor does the state have a right or duty to mediate and oversee the personal relationships of adults. Those who claim a statutory right to parental anonymity through sealed records, as found in HB 345, promote statutory privilege and state favoritism. This is not a bill adoptees want or need. Only unrestricted, unconditional OBC access is acceptable.
Continue readingVideo: A Win for New York Adoptee Rights
Bastard Nation Updates
The New York Adoptee Rights Coalition For adoptees born outside of New York, but adopted in the state: We received an email from one of our contacts within the NYSDOH – New York …
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