Bastard Nation https://bastards.org/ The Adoptee Rights Organization Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:57:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://bastards.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/8/files/2015/12/cropped-bASTARD-BOUTIQUE-32x32.jpg Bastard Nation https://bastards.org/ 32 32 158542501 Virginia HB301: Bastard National Letter of Support to Senate Rehab and Social Services Committee http://bastards.org/15161-2/ http://bastards.org/15161-2/#respond Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:55:40 +0000 https://bastards.org/?p=15161 There is no state interest in keeping original birth certificates sealed from adult adoptees to whom they pertain nor does the state have a right or duty to mediate and oversee the personal relationships of adults. The debate on the release of OBCs to its adopted citizens is small v large government issue. Small government should win this one.

Adopted people in 16 states have unrestricted access to their OBCs, including all of New England and 3 deep South conservative states (Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia). Not a single negative report about unsealing has been published. OBC access, through the efforts of policy and lawmakers is being normalized. Adoptees are beginning to be treated just like the Not Adopted.

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]]> http://bastards.org/15161-2/feed/ 0 15161 Media Advisory/Public Notice: Daughter of U.S. Military Hero Faces Deportation to Iran, Advocates Call for Urgent Legislative Action http://bastards.org/media-advisory-public-notice-daughter-of-u-s-military-hero-faces-deportation-to-iran-advocates-call-for-urgent-legislative-action/ http://bastards.org/media-advisory-public-notice-daughter-of-u-s-military-hero-faces-deportation-to-iran-advocates-call-for-urgent-legislative-action/#respond Wed, 11 Feb 2026 23:38:20 +0000 https://bastards.org/?p=15128 Despite being raised by U.S. citizen parents and having no memories of her country of birth, the woman is in active immigration removal proceedings that threaten to deport her to Iran, where the U.S. has not held diplomatic ties since 1980. Her father, a decorated WWII U.S. Air Force veteran, survived a German POW camp and death march before bringing her home to the U.S.

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]]> http://bastards.org/media-advisory-public-notice-daughter-of-u-s-military-hero-faces-deportation-to-iran-advocates-call-for-urgent-legislative-action/feed/ 0 15128 Oregon Measure 58: 25 Years Later http://bastards.org/oregon-2measure-58-25-years-later/ http://bastards.org/oregon-2measure-58-25-years-later/#respond Sun, 25 Jan 2026 18:12:51 +0000 https://bastards.org/?p=15016 25 years have passed since Helen Hill and Bastard Nation launched the 3rd wave of the adoptee rights movement with our successful Oregon Ballot Measure 58....We've wondered how many certs Oregon has released since then. Here's the latest report straight from the state:

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]]> http://bastards.org/oregon-2measure-58-25-years-later/feed/ 0 15016 Jean Uhrich, January 23, 1957 – June 17, 2025. A Memorial and Memoir http://bastards.org/jean-uhrich-january-23-1957-june-17-2025-a-memorial-and-memoir/ http://bastards.org/jean-uhrich-january-23-1957-june-17-2025-a-memorial-and-memoir/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2026 15:05:05 +0000 https://bastards.org/?p=14901 As I said, Jean Uhrich was a force of nature. Maddeningly so. She could be opinionated en extremis. There were times when I wanted to scream “just shut up,” but didn't. And, she could be kind and generous. She loved Bastards and loved the fight. She stood for something. Jean's work will not go to waste. One of these days California WILL fall. Jean was a warrior. She stood on the shoulders of Bastard Elders and others will stand on her shoulders. Jean will be missed. Is missed.

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]]> http://bastards.org/jean-uhrich-january-23-1957-june-17-2025-a-memorial-and-memoir/feed/ 2 14901 California SB381: Letter of Support http://bastards.org/14780-2/ http://bastards.org/14780-2/#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2026 16:16:09 +0000 https://bastards.org/?p=14780 There is no state interest in keeping original birth certificates sealed from adult adoptees to whom they pertain nor does the state have a right or duty to mediate and oversee the personal relationships of adults. The debate on the release of OBCs to its adopted citizens is small v large government issue. Small government should win this one.

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]]> http://bastards.org/14780-2/feed/ 3 14780 2026 Legislation Page http://bastards.org/2026-legislation-page/ http://bastards.org/2026-legislation-page/#respond Sat, 03 Jan 2026 20:42:30 +0000 https://bastards.org/?p=14717 We launched the 2026 Bastard Nation Legislative page on January 2.

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]]> http://bastards.org/2026-legislation-page/feed/ 0 14717 Christmas 2025 http://bastards.org/christmas-2025/ http://bastards.org/christmas-2025/#comments Thu, 25 Dec 2025 19:16:52 +0000 https://bastards.org/?p=14599 Happy Holidays to Bastards, Friends, and Allies.  If you aren't with us...

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]]> http://bastards.org/christmas-2025/feed/ 2 14599 Watch Bastard Nation and Stop Safe Haven Baby Boxes Now on “The Stream” http://bastards.org/watch-bastard-nation-and-stop-safe-haven-baby-boxes-now-on-the-stream/ http://bastards.org/watch-bastard-nation-and-stop-safe-haven-baby-boxes-now-on-the-stream/#respond Fri, 12 Dec 2025 12:55:54 +0000 https://bastards.org/?p=14552 It was a great pleasure to be part of the discussion, Are Baby Baby Boxes Saving Lives? broadcast on The Stream, (Al Jazeera English) on December 10. The panel, besides myself: Nadene Grabham, Director of Baby Savers SA/Doorof Hope, and Patricia Knight Meyer, adoptee rights activist, blogger (My Adopted Life,and author of the forthcoming memoir, Wonderland: A Black Market Baby's Rise from the Rabbit Hole.) Also clips from activists Abbi Johnson (Liberty Lost podcast) and Adopted Connor.

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]]> http://bastards.org/watch-bastard-nation-and-stop-safe-haven-baby-boxes-now-on-the-stream/feed/ 0 14552 NAM/NAAM Day 9: National Council for Adoption Gets Hammered http://bastards.org/nam-naam-day-9-national-council-for-adoption-gets-hammered/ http://bastards.org/nam-naam-day-9-national-council-for-adoption-gets-hammered/#respond Sun, 09 Nov 2025 21:51:51 +0000 https://bastards.org/?p=14543 The National Council for Adoption is getting a hammer taken to it on Facebook….Back in that day (again! )NCFA founding president Bill Pierce called BN and our allies socialists, anarchists, and hippies in Birkenstocks He accused us of buying the M58 election in Oregon. I’m down with all those labels and accusations, but it looks like NCFA has taken the most unPiercian strategy of remaining silent while the Proles throw cowpies in its face. That’s no fun!

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