Bastard Nation is a proud member of the New York Adoptee Rights Coalition Things are happening fast, and we need your help today. As you may know, when Governor Cuomo vetoed A5036B he directed that …
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New York: Bastard Nation’s Letter to Gov Cuomo: please appoint Sen Avella to adoptee rights work group
Dear Governor Cuomo: On behalf of Bastard Nation: the Adoptee Rights Organization, I urge you to appoint Sen Tony Avella to the New York Department of Health work group formed to study the right of New …
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What’s with the name, and why are you so angry? That and other FAQs about the largest adoptee rights organization in North America.
Continue readingNY Adoptee Rights Coalition Action Alert: Ask Senator Lanza to Support S5169A February 12, 2018 By New York Adopt
Bastard Nation is a proud member of the New York Adoptee Rights Coalition Dear Senator Lanza: I appreciate your strong advocacy for adoptee rights. Please work with Senator Tony Avella to get Senate Bill S5169A passed. Senator …
Continue readingNew York Adoptee Rights Coalition Action Alert: Call Gov. Cuomo today and ask that Sen Avella be added to adoptee rights study group
Bastard Nation is a proud member of the New York Adoptee Rights Coalition. We support the Avella Bill, a clean bill that restores the right of all New York adoptees to their original birth certificates. …
Continue readingNew York: Where we stand– We support S5169 The Avella Bill
Bastard Nation is a founding member of the New York Adoptee Rights Coalition. Currently several “access bills” are in the hopper. We support S5169, aka The Avella Bill. The Avella Bill provides the best …
Continue readingNYAE Has Left the New York Adoptee Rights Coalition
Bastard Nation is a co-founder and member of the New York Adoptee Rights Coalition. We support the Avella Bill ( S5169) ****** February 2, 2018 By New York Adoptee Rights Coalition New York Adoptee Equality …
Continue readingVictory in New York: Cuomo vetos dirty bill; Deformers complain
Happy New Year! We did it! You did it! Last Friday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, after months of silence, vetoed A05036b/S0484561, the so-called “adoptee rights” bill that if signed would have made the already …
Continue readingFlorida HB357/SB576: Two more organizations sign on to opposition letter
We are happy to announce that Saving Our Sisters and Open Adoption Records Quebec has joined the official opposition to Florida’s ominous and restrictive HB357/SB576. A few days ago both signed on to the Joint …
Continue readingBastard Nation commentary: The Truth about Florida
Greg Luce, director of the Adoptee Rights Law Center hit another one out of the ballpark today with The Truth about Florida. The truth about Florida is this: no OBC access bill will get through …
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