SB 329 restores Original Birth Certificate access to all Texas adoptees without restriction or conditions. The bill changes dramatically the current hodgepodge of restrictions and hoops Texans are forced to navigate to receive their OBCs. …
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Bastard Nation Action Alert Connecticut: Support Clean SB 977 today!
BASTARD NATION ACTION ALERT CONNECTICUT URGENT! Distribute Freely! April 16, 2017 Connecticut adoptees need your help today Please contact all members of Connecticut Senate the today! DO PASS SB 977 SB 977, a bill to restore …
Continue readingBastard Nation Action Alert South Carolina: Vote Do Pass on SB 3775
BASTARD NATION ACTION ALERT URGENT! Distribute Freely! April 16, 2017 South Carolina adoptees need your help today Please contact all members of the South Carolina Senate Committee on Medical, Public, and Municipal Affairs today! DO …
Continue readingBastard Nation Statement of Opposition to New York A5036: The same old same old!
A5036 was introduced in the New York Assembly on February 6, 2017 by Rep. David Weprin. It is the same dirty bill that was flogged last session (see BN Leg page 2016 for details) and shuttled …
Continue readingSetting the Record Straight: Allies, Colonizers, and Bastard Nation’s Mission by Shea Grimm
The following is written by Shea Grimm and posted on Bastard Nation’s Social Facebook page on January 14, 2017. It is re-posted here with Shea’s permission as a blog and is permanently archived on Bastard …
Continue readingHell Freezes Over: Bastard Nation invited to discuss how to gain adoptee equality through “radical grassroots reform” at AAC Atlanta 2017
Fellow Bastards! Last spring, Emm Paul and I attended the American Adoption Congress conference in Denver. In the past Bastard Nationals, including myself, have attended and presented at AAC conferences, but Bastard Nation and the …
Continue readingBastard Nation Action Alert. Quebec Bill 113. Demand No Veto!
Bastard Nation Action Alert via Open Adoption Records Quebec Bill 113 October 6, 2016 Distribute Freely! Please help our friends and Bastard Nation partner Open Adoption Records Quebec by calling, emailing and tweeting. As with …
Continue readingBastard Nation Action Alert: Pennsylvania HB162. Write to Senate today. Do Not Pass!
BASTARD NATION ACTION ALERT October 4, 2016 Pennsylvania HB 162 Pennsylvania adoptees need your help today! Please contact all members of the Pennsylvania Senate today and tell them to vote DO NOT PASS on HB …
Continue readingBastard Nation – Equal Access Oklahoma Partnership Announcement
Bastard Nation is happy to announce that it has entered into a partnership with Equal Access Oklahoma, dedicated to adoptee equality in the State of Oklahoma. It joins BN partners …
Continue readingAnother one bites the dust! Hawai’i HB 2082 signed by governor. Unredacted court file opened to all adoptees without restriction.
We are happy to announce that Hawai’i Governor David Ige has signed HB 2082. This law gives adult adoptees (age 18) AND birth parents of adult adoptees unrestricted access to the entire, unredacted court file …
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