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 …
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Bastard 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 …
Continue readingIndiana: Anonymous Medical Histories – Not Rights
Excuse my impatience, but just give Hoosier Bastards their goddamned OBCs and be done with it! The newest trick pony spinning on the Indiana merry-go-round is HB 1029 sponsored by freshman Rep. Sharon Engle (R-Attica). The bill, if passed, according to …
Continue readingReuben Pannor, 1922-2012
Pioneer adoption reformer and adoptee rights advocate Dr. Reuben Pannor died yesterday (Dec 23, 2012) at the age of 90. I never had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Pannor but am familiar with his work …
Continue reading“I’m Having Their Baby:” Bowling for Babies Redux
(Note: Since I changed formats, spacing has become an issue in some posts, and I can’t get it fixed) Since I was forced back into the job market at a time when most people my …
Continue readingLos Ninos Robados: Spain’s Catholic Church accused of selling thousands of newborns into adoption
I’ve been busy working on the new Bastard Nationwebpage. We lost quite a bit of material in the crash and burn, and I’m trying to reconstruct, but the more I get ahead, the further I get …
Continue readingAdoption Mystique now in eBook Form!
Good news! The Kindle version of the adoption class Adoption Mystique by Joanne Wolf Small, has just been released. You can find Nook here. By way of review, here is what I wrote about the …
Continue readingSome Thoughts on “The Angry Adoptee:” Gazillion Adoptees v JCIC$
Last we heard from our friend Kevin Ost-Vollmers,in the Land of a Gazillion Adoptees, he was engaged in a dialogue with the Congressional Coalition. That was ” bad” enough, but it gets worse. It must …
Continue readingCelebrate!
Welcome to the new Bastard Nation website! A new website has been a long time coming, so the crash and burn has a silver lining. We are most grateful to Emily Journey in Columbus, Ohio …
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