STAR has gone dark. Its leaders have been contacted privately and asked publicly where they stand on HB2725. They have refused to respond. No Facebook, no Twitter, no web page updates. We hope STAR’s members and social media followers get their news elsewhere; otherwise, they are still wondering what happened.
Continue readingThis is what happens when adoptee rights advocates settle for less than what they want.It’s the story they don’t want you to know. It’s what we want you to know. Ohio’s compromised OBC access law …
Continue readingThis is what happens when adoptee rights advocates settle for less than what they want.It’s the story they don’t want you to know. It’s what we want you to know. Ohio’s compromised OBC access law …
Continue readingADOPTEE RIGHTS LEGISLATION 2015 All information taken from official state legislative pages unless otherwise indicated. For more information on these bills, go to the appropriate links. Bastard Nation State Pages are currently under revision and …
Continue readingFor 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 readingMinnPost, March 14, 2013 Community Voices Adult adoptees should have unconditional access to their original birth certificates By James M. Hamilton | 03/14/13 Why my adopted son should be denied the right to obtain a …
Continue readingThe Adoptee Products Catalog Here it is folks: The Adoptee Products Catalog, merchandise for the modern adoptee!! Originated by Dr. Robert Andersen, excerpts first appeared in his 1993 book Second Choice: Growing Up Adopted.) SILVER …
Continue readingAnonymous: Dangerous Liaisons My bmom’s sister has an adopted son, about 10 years old, and she is *terrified* that meeting me will be detrimental to him in some way. She doesn’t want to explain to …
Continue readingLast 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 readingWRITTEN TESTIMONY IN SUPPORT OF SB 335: �OPEN RECORDS FOR ADULT ADOPTEES The New Hampshire House Children and Family Law Committee April 6, 2004 Marley Elizabeth Greiner Executive Chair, Bastard Nation:� The Adoptee Rights Organization …
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Bastard Nation is a proud partner organization in the New York Adoptee Rights Coalition, along with the Adoptee Rights Law Center and the Adoptive and Foster Family Coalition of New York. Plus strategic partner Reclaim the Records
Bastard Nation is a proud partner in the Texas Adoptee Rights Coalition, along with Equality for Adoption, Gladney Adoptees for Rights and Equality, and the Adoptee Rights Law Center. Plus strategic partner Reclaim the Records