The Florida House The Florida House Health and Human Services Committee held a hearing for H1217–baby box bill. Unfortunately, the Florida legislature, as we learned yesterday, does not accept electronically transmitted testimony. We then sent …
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Our new comprehensive statement on Baby Drop Boxes and their negative impact on Class Bastard, adoption, child welfare, and our rights–is now published. Please read it. Baby Boxes are a New Wave of the future and must be stopped. They are coming to your state and you need to be prepared. Check the BN Legislative Page for legislative news on them.
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A few weeks ago Access Massachusetts asked help in moving clean bills HB1892/SB1267 out of committee and on for a vote. The bills were recently voted favorable out of the Joint Committee on Public Health and are now in the House Seering, Policy, Scheduling Committee of the House. Access Massachusetts is not affiliated with Bastard Nation but we wholeheartedly support this bill that will level the playing field and restore the right of all Massachusetts adoptees to their OBC. Below is the letter we sent tonight in support of the bill and movement forward.
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On February 21, 2020, Connecticut SB113 will receive a public hearing before the Joint Committee on Planning and Development. The measure is a clean bill that levels the playing field for Connecticut adoptees. It restores …
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Capitol Coalition for Adoptee Rights Maryland Action Alert Bastard Nation is a proud core parter with CCAR Get It Right: Make Maryland Next posted on February 13, 2020 Distribute Freely! Maryland has …
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Well ,surprise! Wisconsin adoptees woke up to the news this morning that Rep Paul Tittl did just like he said he would. Yesterday, Tittl introduced an amendment to his AB 579 to add a birthparent …
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We are happy to announce the formation of the Capitol Coalition for Adoptee Rights a coalition of organizations and allies in the District of Columbia, Virginia, and Maryland, working to secure equal rights for all adult adopted people who were born or adopted in the region.
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We listened to this radio interview last week, with little surprise. Over the last few weeks, FB posts indicated that some Wisconsin adoptees were not only unhappy with workaround companion bills SB521/AB579 that would release the Report of Adoption court form with birthparent names included but keep OBCs sealed to protect birthparent identity. Are you confused? We are. (Remember the current bill does not contain restrictions).
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Five state and national adoptee rights organizations have requested that Wisconsin legislators set aside two bills that were recently heard in Senate and Assembly committees. The bills, analyzed here, seek release of a court adoption form, deliberately ignoring the issue of releasing an adopted person’s own original birth certificate.
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Bastard Nation has published the largest collection of historical documents, pictures, and videos from the victorious New York S3419 campaign that opened all New York OBCs without restriction on January 15, 2020
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Bastard Nation is a proud partner organization in the New York Adoptee Rights Coalition, along with the Adoptee Rights Law Center and the Adoptive and Foster Family Coalition of New York. Plus strategic partner Reclaim the Records
Bastard Nation is a proud partner in the Texas Adoptee Rights Coalition, along with Equality for Adoption, Gladney Adoptees for Rights and Equality, and the Adoptee Rights Law Center. Plus strategic partner Reclaim the Records