The emphasis in the Executive Order is not some abstract improvement, but the creation of a robust evangelical-coded “faith-based” equalization in child welfare. The EO promises to increase much-needed child welfare improvement not through government initiative, but through taxpayer-funded tax-exempt so-called “faith-based” partnerships with private religious child welfare organizations and corporations including churches, para-churches, and ministries. Moreover, the EO promises “faith-based “foster and adoption recruitment.” This suggests nonsensically that the lack of “faith-based partnerships” keeps children stuck in state foster care when they could be transferred to the Christian adoption market if that market were more open and availab
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Northwest Territories
General Information How to request information Controlling Legislation: Adoption Act, SNWT (Nu) 1998, c 9, Part 2 Northwest Territories Assembly Political, Search and Reunion Canada Open Records (Facebook) (Bastard Nation Partner) Access Age of …
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NOTE: There are virtually no domestic adoptions in Sweden today. International adoption os the norm. Political, Search, and Reunion Adopterade Koreaners Forening (Adopted Koreans Association) Sweden) (Swedish) Readings Mixed-race adoption the norm in Sweden, Radio Sweden, …
Continue readingMontgomery/Weprin Letter to Andew Cuomo regarding A5494/HB3419
New York Senator Velmanette Montgomery and Rep .David Weprin sent this letter to Governor Andrew Cuomo requesting his immediate signing of S5494/HB3419.
Continue readingWe Won! Weprin/Montgomery Passes New York House. On to Cuomo!
After an excruciating 2-day of hurry-up-and-wait in the Codes and Rules Committees, and then the Floor A5494/ the Weprin/Montgomery bill passed the New York House. The Senate passed it two weeks ago. Gov Andrew Cuomo has indicated he will sign the bill when it hits his desk.
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Millions of us are adopted. We are your family, friends, co-workers, neighbors, and even your legislators. Your birth certificates are yours. Ours are ours. #WeAreYou #AdopteesDemandDemocracy #BringA5494ToTheFloor #GetItRight #MakeItEqual #ThisISPersonal #WeprinMontgomeryBIll
Continue readingNew York: Want to know the difference between the Weprin/Montgomery bill and the others. Check out this FAQ
The New York Adoptee Rights Coalition has published The Essential FAQ about the New York Bills. Please go over and read this simple outline–then support our A5494/S3419 Weprin/Montgomery bill.
Continue readingBastard Nation Action Alert: West Virginia Senate Judiciary Committee. SB300 OBC access. Restricts and discriminantes. Vote No or Amend to cover all, not some
SB300, a restrictive OBC access bill, is currently in the West Virginia Senate Judiciary Committee. As of this writing, it is not scheduled for a hearing, but we urge that you write the committee to let members know that the bill, which grants OBC access for some of the state’s adoptees, but not all, is discriminatory and not acceptable.
Continue readingNew York: Where we stand– We support S5169 The Avella Bill
Bastard Nation is a founding member of the New York Adoptee Rights Coalition. Currently several “access bills” are in the hopper. We support S5169, aka The Avella Bill. The Avella Bill provides the best …
Continue readingWhat Would Orwell Do? Who’s confused in Missouri? (HB 1599 and HB 1822)
Missouri HB 1822, a blocker bill, intended to gut the clean OBC access HB 1599 inexplicably passed the House Committee on Children and Families Tuesday afternoon–in direct contradiction to its passage last week of HB …
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