Bastard Nation: the Adoptee Rights Organization PO Box 4607 New Windsor, New York 12553-7845 bastardnation3@gmail.com bastards.org 614-795-6819 @BastardsUnite __________ Testimony In support of H 6189 AN ACT RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS — ADOPTION OF CHILDREN …
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Texas: HB 1843 – In Opposition. Safe Haven Baby Boxes, House Human Services Committee, March 23, 2021
Note: Letters sent via this letter form are limited to 3000 characters and to those with a Texas address. As a resident of Texas, this is my personal letter to the House Human Services Committee. …
Continue readingSubmitted Comments on proposed draft language of The Unregulated Transfer of Adopted Children Act – March 24, 2021
Bastard Nation: the Adoptee Rights Organization PO Box 4607 New Windsor, New York 12553-7845 614-795-6819 bastards.org bastardnation3@gmail.com @BastardsUnite ____________ TO: David Biklen, Art Gaudio, UCL-UCT Committee FROM: Marley Greiner, Executive Chair, Bastard Nation …
Continue readingMaryland SB 331: Bastard National Letter to Senate Leaders, March 22, 2021. Bring to floor; support. pass.
Bastard Nation: the Adoptee Rights Organization PO Box 4607 New Windsor, New York 12553-7845 614-795-6819 bastards. org bastardnation3@gmail.com @bastardsunite ______ March 22, 2021 Dear Senator _________: Bastard Nation: the …
Continue readingBastard Nation Testimony in Support of Texas HB 1386, March 17, 2021
Currently, Texas-born adoptees are subjected to serious discriminatory practices hindering their ability to obtain their Original Birth Certificates. Since 2005 the state has released OBCs upon request only to adoptees, who know the name(s) of the parent(s) listed on the document. These OBCs are released without the knowledge or consent of those parents.
The vast majority of everyone else is forced to navigate a cumbersome, difficult, humiliating, and insulting gauntlet of restrictions, arbitrary legal procedures, and naysayers,. and are almost always unsuccessful in their quest. The result of this discrimination is that adoptees are left to their own devices to obtain their own information through inexpensive DNA testing, social media, volunteer search angels, paid searchers. or their own sheer perseverance. I have known adoptees who have spent 30 years or more digging up information and spent over $50,000 in the process
Continue readingLegislative Updates and Bastard Nation Testimony, March 7, 2021
The latest Bastard Nation Legislative page is now up. There are lots of changes since last week, including the movement forward of bad bills in Idaho and Iowa. On the federal level, we have the introduction of the Adoptee Citizenship Act of 2021.a re-introduction of the Adoptee Citizenship Act, 2019-2020.
Continue readingIowa: Bastard Nation Testimony/Letter in Opposition to SSB1040/HSB226, March 3, 2021
Bastard Nation: The Adoptee Rights Organization PO Box 4607 New Windsor, New York 12553-7845 bastardnation3@gmail.com bastards.org 614-795-6819 @bastardsUnite ____________ Iowa Senate Judiciary Committee March 3, 2021 Written Submitted Testimony in Opposition by …
Continue readingIdaho: Bastard Nation Submitted Testimony in Opposition to HB0059, March 3, 2021
Bastard Nation: the Adoptee Rights Organization PO Box 4607 New Windsor, New York 12553-7845 bastardnation3@gmail.com bastards.org 614-795-6819 @BastardsUnite __________ HB 0059 Original Birth Certificate Access Idaho House Judiciary, Rules & Administration Committee March 3, 2021 …
Continue readingArizona HB 2070: Bastard Nation Letter/Testimony to Senate Health and Human Services Committee, March 3, 2021
Bastard Nation: The Adoptee Rights Organization PO Box 4607 New Windsor, New York 12553-7845 bastardnation3@gmail.com bastards.org 614-795-6819 @BastardsUnite ____________ HB 2070 Original Birth Certificate Access Arizona Senate Health and …
Continue readingBastard Nation Letter to the Florida House Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee. Vote DO NOT PASS, February 13, 2021
Bastard Nation: the Adoptee Rights Organization New Windsor, NY 12553-7845 www.bastards.org 614-795-6819 @bastardsunite February 13, 2021 To the Honorable _____ NOTE: We understand that written submitted testimony is not possible, we are …
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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