April 6, 2004 Testimony before the Children and Family Law Committee of the New Hampshire House of Representative, on Senate Bill 335, by Adam Pertman, Executive Director of the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute ������� ———————————————————————– …
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Reasons Why You Can’t Have Your Hospital Records – or- Why You Should Never Tell a Paper Pusher You’re Adopted Subject: Bastard Nation’s Community Service Project Newsgroup: alt.adoption From: DeerWatson@aol.com As Bastard Nation continues …
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Why Adoptive Parents Support Open Records for Adult Adoptees Here is a selection of quotes from adoptive parents in support of open records for adult adoptees. Open records are not a threat to the adoptive …
Continue readingThe Early History of Bastard Nation
Who We Are: The Early History of Bastard Nation In the Words of Damsel Plum: Bastard Nation was born in early 1996 on the Internet Usenet newsgroup, alt.adoption. Our co-founder, Marley Greiner, coined the term …
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Adoptee Rights Issues, History and Law Most adult adoptees in the U.S. and Canada are denied legal access to their own original birth records and adoption decree. This is not the case in many places …
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Frequently Asked Questions Who runs Bastard Nation? Executive Commitee and Legislative Commitee page Bastard Nation Founding Foundings What’s with the name? The more than half-century old practice of impounding and sealing an adopted person’s …
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By Suzanne Curley. STAFF WRITER A FORTY-something friend of mine brought me to tears a few years back when, gazing at the face of her newborn child, she said, “It’s the first time in my …
Continue readingAdoptees seek state’s help to ease their hunt
Published Sunday, December 6, 1998, in the San Jose Mercury News Adoptees seek state’s help to ease their hunt Open-records law urged BY STEVE JOHNSON Mercury News Staff Writer She was adopted 22 years ago when …
Continue readingIdaho HB544: Emergency Action Alert – Hearing on Monday, March 11, 2024
Below is the action alert our friends at The Adoptee Rights Law Center sent out over the weekend. Join us in killing this horrible horrible horrible bill that is scheduled to be heard in the Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee on Monday, March 11.The action alert is self-explanatory.
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Bastard Nation: the Adoptee Rights Organization PO Box 4607 New Windsor, New York 12553-7845 bastards.org 614-795-6819 bastardnation3@gmail.com TO: Members of the Idaho Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee FROM: Marley Greiner, Executive Chair RE: HB544 – …
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Proud NYARC Partner
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
Proud TXARC Partner
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