The State of Washington continues to prohibit adult citizens who were adopted from unrestricted and unconditional access to their own original birth certificate. In the 1940s the state starting sealing some birth certificates and over …
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Washington Battleground: The Annual Murder of Adoptee Rights Continues
For more than 20 years the State of Washington has been a battle ground for adoptee rights. Some years good bills go bad or bad bills go good; (for awhile); other years bad bills go …
Continue readingBastard Nation Testimony, SB5118, March 26, 2013 – Oppose
Below is Bastard Nation’s testimony in opposition to SB5118 submitted to the House Judiciary Committee for the March 26, hearing. It it somewhat different from last week’s SB 1525. Both bills are bad, each in …
Continue readingLi’l Lori Asskicker: Watch BN’s Lori Jeske Testify Against WA HB1525
Bastard Nation Executive Committee member and Treasurer, Lori Jeske, spoke before the Washington State Senate Human Services and Corrections Committee on March 21 to oppose HB1525 which if passed, will continue to gut the rights …
Continue readingWashington: BN Testimony, HB1525, March 21, 2013–Oppose
HB 1525 TESTIMONY Adoptee access to their own original birth certificates Washington Senate Human Services and Corrections Committee March 21, 2013 OPPOSE Presented by Lori Jeske Bastard Nation: the Adoptee Rights Organization is the largest …
Continue readingOhio: Proponent Testimony March 13, 2013. Hell Freezes Over Again. Ohio Catholic Conference Supports OBC Access
Hell froze over in Ohio last Wednesday for the second time, when The Ohio Catholic Conference endorsed HB61, a bill to restore the right of unrestricted OBC access to those person adopted in Ohio between January …
Continue readingOhio: Proponent Hearing Report – March 6, 2013. Hell Freezes Over. Ohio Right to Life Testifies in Favor of OBC Access
Hell froze over last Wednesday (March 6, 2013) when Ohio Right to Life, dropped its decades long opposition to OBC access and testified before the House Judiciary Committee in support of HB61. We knew earlier that …
Continue readingOhio: HB61 Sponsor Hearing Report
Wednesday (February 20, 2013) I attended the Ohio House Judiciary Committee Sponsor’s Hearing for HB 61, which would restore the right of OBC access to Ohio adoptees born between January 1, 1964-September 17, 1996. Those …
Continue readingBastard Nation Goes to the Oscars – 1997
Happy Oscar Week! In 1996-1997 Bastard Nation sponsored a series of nation-wide open records events in conjunction with the award-winning Oscar-nominated film Secrets and Lies. In March 1997 we attended the Oscar ceremony. Here’s a recap. (The original Secrets and …
Continue readingWashington State HB 1525: Amend Out Disclosure Vetoes
The Washington State legislature is currently running two OBC access bills: HB 1525 and SB5118. (original bill) These are not Bastard Nation bills. Originally both contained language that maintained current Disclosure Vetoes in place and …
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