CALLING ALL BASTARDS! INDIANA SB 91 ACTION ALERT You do NOT have to reside in Indiana to take part! Senate Bill 91, sponsored by Senator Brent Steele, is scheduled for its first Senate Judiciary Committee …
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Bastard Nation Action Alert: PA HB 162 – Redaction bill. Vote NO!
BASTARD NATION ACTION ALERT December 17, 2015 PENNSYLVANIA HB 162 SENATE ACTION ALERT Pennsylvania HB 162 has been amended to include a birth parent redaction demand provision! Please take action now. You do not have …
Continue readingBastardize your friends, your neighbors, yourself at the Bastard Boutique!
The Bastard Boutique is now open for business! After a long hiatus, Bastard Nation swag is once again avaiilable to the public. We have a large selection of Bastard Nation calendars, postcards, magnets and hard …
Continue readingMari Steed Joins Bastard Nation’s Executive Committee
We are happy to announce that long-time adoptee rights activist Mari Steed has been named Vice President of Bastard Nation. Mari has been with us from the beginning and has played an invaluable role in …
Continue readingBASTARD NATION ACTION ALERT: Pennsylvania HB 162 Amended and Gutted. Contact Rules Committee Today! Vote No!
Distribute Freely! Pennsylvania HB 162 Rules Committee Action Alert CALLING ALL BASTARDS! YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE FROM PENNSYLVANIA TO HELP! Pennsylvania HB 162 Rules Committee Action Alert Pennsylvania HB 162 has been amended …
Continue readingBreaking News: JCICS shutting down!
Big news out of Washington this afternoon. The Joint Council on International Childrens Services is closing up shop. No details yet. I had heard from an inside source this morning that a BIG announcement regarding …
Continue readingMassachusetts: S1114/H2045 – Submitted Testimony in Support
Bastard Nation Testimony in Support of 1114 and H 2045 Joint Committee on Public Health June 23, 2015 Submitted by Marley E. Greiner, Executive Chair Bastard Nation: the Adoptee Rights Organization is the largest adoptee …
Continue readingNew York: S5964: Bastard Nation Letter to Acting Rules Chair Sen. John J Flanagan. Do not take up and consider.
Dear Senator Flanagan: We write today to request that the Senate Rules Committee not take up and consider S5964. S5964 is an amended version of H2901 (now H2901A), a bill that would have restored the …
Continue readingMassachusetts: Tuesday June 23, 2015–Hearing on Clean Access Bill
Current MA law allows adoptees to access their original birth certificates without condition at age 18 if they were adopted on or before July 17, 1974 or on or after January 1, 2008. Proposed S1144 …
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