Adoptees push for new lawsBy JOYCE KIRTLEY World Staff Writer 12/4/98 People across the country seek access to their original birth records. Judy McCoy walked into the vital statistics office on Greenwood Avenue on Thursday …
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Adoptees protest laws that keep them from heritage
Adoptees protest laws that keep them from heritage FINDING THEIR ROOTS By Matthew I. Pinzur The Macon Telegraph For 30 years, Michelle Hills knew her own name. Two weeks ago, that changed. Adopted in Pasadena, …
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The Daily Mail Thursday, Dec. 3, 1998 Catskill, N.Y., Vol. 119, No. 291 A1, A10. by Deborah Clemans, Daily Mail Staff Writer. Christopher Philippo of Rensselaer has spent many long hours searching for information on …
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The Right to Know The heart of the adoption issue: Does the right to privacy outweigh the right to know? By Colleen Van Tassell Four years ago, a stranger called Patricia Austin and asked: Does …
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Group fights for equal access Adoption records October 4, 1998 By Mary Mogan Edwards Dispatch Staff Reporter Adult members of Bastard Nation know that at least part of the reason for keeping adoption records secret traditionally has …
Continue readingAdoption in everyone’s interests
From Wilmington, DE newspaper. Sunday, April 26, 1998 Adoption in everyone’s interests: Secrecy and speed in the Uniform Adoption Act deny children’s legitimate rights by Mary-Lee Lutz Opponents of the Uniform Adoption Act, or Delaware …
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News Briefs Bastard Nation They’re mad. They’re organized. They’re from Ohio. And they are, by their own proclamation, bastards. But aside from having an irresistibly catchy name, the Mad Ohio Bastards are just that—mad. …
Continue readingProtesters get moment in spotlight
Protesters get moment in spotlight Los Angeles Daily News, March 25, 1997 What would be Oscars be without a protest or two? Airborne political comments entertained the crows on the ground. Two small airplanes …
Continue readingNo More Secrets & Lies
From MSNBC Cinemania: March 17, 1997 Riding the coattails of Mike Leigh’s film Secrets & Lies, Bastard Nation—a relatively young and militant-minded adoptee-rights organization—will be holding a “black tie rally” outside the 69th annual Academy …
Continue readingAgency Plays Role in Reunions
AGENCY PLAYS ROLE IN REUNIONS SERVICE HELPS ILL ADOPTEES FIND FAMILY, GET MEDICAL INFORMATION Published: Sunday, March 9, 1997 Section: Local Page: 1B BY LESLIE KATZ, Special to the Mercury News When adoptee Phoenix Aguila …
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