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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Adoptees make progress in struggle to be heard The Columbus Dispatch/Opinion: Friday, March 7,1997   A recent Associated Press article in The Dispatch tells only part of the story of the successful adoption-triad’s protest against …

Adoption is a personal experience, and a boomlet in new sites speeds the process and airs recurring issues.   JAMES ROMENESKO STAFF WRITER Sonia, a little girl born without arms in India, faced a difficult life …