Introduction In the last few days, some promoters of Texas HB 984 have jumped the shark in their defense of their bill. While the bill offers no restriction and conditions on actual OBC access, …
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Letter to the Texas Senate – HB 984: Vote No! from Marley Greiner, Executive Chair, Bastard Nation
Dear Senator: Bastard Nation: the Adoptee Rights Organization is the largest adoptee civil rights organization in the United States. We support full, unrestricted and unconditional access for all adopted persons to their original birth …
Continue readingURGENT: Bastard Nation Action Alert–Vote No on Texas HB 984
BASTARD NATION ACTION ALERT: DO NOT PASS TEXAS HB 984 * * * FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE * * * (Please Distribute Immediately and Widely) Issued May 14, 2015 URGE THE TEXAS STATE SENATE NO …
Continue readingLetter to Texas Senate State Affairs Committee from Bastard Nation Executive Chair, Marley Greiner
Dear Senator________: Bastard Nation: the Adoptee Rights Organization is the largest adoptee civil rights organization in the United States. We support full, unrestricted and unconditional access for all adopted persons to their original birth certificates. …
Continue readingBastard Nation Action Alert: Texas HB 984–Amend or Vote No!
BASTARD NATION ACTION ALERT: AMEND TEXAS HB 984 * * * FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE * * * (Please Distribute Immediately and Widely) Issued May 11 , 2015 URGE THE TEXAS STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO …
Continue readingIllinois: Foundling Birth Certificates
A few weeks ago I was interviewed by Lisa Ryan from a local NPR station in Illinois about SB 1670, an amendment to the state’s Safe Haven law. My central gripe about the bill is …
Continue readingAdoptee Civil Rights and “Social Culture” by Shea Grimm
Efforts in various states to unseal OBCs has been the topic of several conversations recently on the Bastard Nation Facebook page. Of particular interest are the campaigns in New York and Texas, where clean bills …
Continue readingIndiana SB 552: The Non-Access Bill by Guest Blogger Lisa Zatonsky
While I was forced to the sidelines, a lot of so-called “access” bills made their way into various state legislatures. The worse is the terribly written Indiana SB 352. Promoted by babystep deformers Hoosiers for …
Continue readingBastard Nation Alert: PA HB 162–Secure and Save Adoptee Rights in PA. Send letter of support now!
Bastard Nation Action Alert: Pennsylvania HB 162 Distribute Freely! Pennsylvania adoptees need your help NOW! HB 162 is being heard Tuesday September 16 in the Senate Committee on Aging and Youth. This is a clean …
Continue readingPA HB 162: BN Exe Chair Marley Greiner’s personal testimony in support
This testimony was submitted originally on March 18, 2014. It is now re-submitted with an addenda regarding abortion which Catholic Charities has injected into the debate. HB 162 TESTIMONY Adoptee access to their own original …
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