International Adoption Archives | Bastard Nation http://bastards.org/tag/international-adoption/ The Adoptee Rights Organization Thu, 24 Apr 2025 15:08:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://bastards.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/8/files/2015/12/cropped-bASTARD-BOUTIQUE-32x32.jpg International Adoption Archives | Bastard Nation http://bastards.org/tag/international-adoption/ 32 32 158542501 California SB313–Birthright Citizenship–Bastard Nation Letter of Support http://bastards.org/california-sb313-birthright-citizenship-bastard-nation-letter-of-support/ http://bastards.org/california-sb313-birthright-citizenship-bastard-nation-letter-of-support/#comments Thu, 24 Apr 2025 15:08:40 +0000 https://bastards.org/?p=14152 We are concerned with the citizenship rights, privileges, and protections for all Americans. As an advocate for the civil rights of both domestically and internationally adopted people in the US, however, and with knowledge of the historically poor treatment adopted people are subjected legally on state and federal levels, our letter/testimony focuses the legal citizenship and identity challenges we have faced for decades. We believe that SB313 addresses at least one challenge in the State of California. We hope that this bill will encourage other states to follow California's lead...

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]]> http://bastards.org/california-sb313-birthright-citizenship-bastard-nation-letter-of-support/feed/ 1 14152 Welcome to Legislation 2022 Hell! http://bastards.org/welcome-to-legislation-2022-hell/ http://bastards.org/welcome-to-legislation-2022-hell/#comments Tue, 18 Jan 2022 03:24:45 +0000 http://bastards.org/?p=10979 The Bastard Nation Legislation 2022 page is now up. The political outlook hasn't changed much from 2021. Granted, Connecticut did free up its OBCs and Massachusetts continued to move forward on its lumbering road to victory, but other than that, 2021 was a disappointing, frustrating, dreary year. Arizona went weird, Maryland zilched, and deformers continued to stumble their baby booties through their own muck. Safe Haven Baby Box bills and Baby Boxes continued to flare up like herpes under the banner of "women demand anonymity," the feel-good alternative for politicians who cringe over “adoptees demand rights.” Even more dismal, legislatures, blaming Covid, made discovering how to submit written testimony or to present remote or in-person an endurance test.

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]]> http://bastards.org/welcome-to-legislation-2022-hell/feed/ 1 10979 Help Kris Larsen, International Adoptee and Adoptee Rights Activist http://bastards.org/help-kris-larsen-international-adoptee-and-adoptee-rights-activist/ http://bastards.org/help-kris-larsen-international-adoptee-and-adoptee-rights-activist/#comments Thu, 27 May 2021 03:46:35 +0000 http://bastards.org/?p=10168 Support Kris Larsen!

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]]> http://bastards.org/help-kris-larsen-international-adoptee-and-adoptee-rights-activist/feed/ 2 10168 Bastard Nation Comments on the Uniform Law Commission’s “Unregulated Transfer of Adopted Children Act draft, September 24, 2020 http://bastards.org/bastard-nation-comments-on-the-uniform-law-commissions-unregulated-transfer-of-adopted-children-act-draft-september-24-2020/ http://bastards.org/bastard-nation-comments-on-the-uniform-law-commissions-unregulated-transfer-of-adopted-children-act-draft-september-24-2020/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2020 14:13:04 +0000 http://bastards.org/?p=8147 A statute outlawing unregulated child transfer of adoptees is not an over-reaction as some say, to a handful of cases. It is a reasonable and long-time-coming response to a decades-long pattern of child abuse, bad adoption practice, and ultimately child trafficking that has harmed thousands of adopted people both inter-country and domestic.

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]]> http://bastards.org/bastard-nation-comments-on-the-uniform-law-commissions-unregulated-transfer-of-adopted-children-act-draft-september-24-2020/feed/ 2 8147 Action Alert: Urgent! Join the Adoptee Citizenship Act Virtual Rally, September 23. Here’s how! http://bastards.org/action-alert-urgent-join-the-adoptee-citizenship-act-virtual-rally-september-23-heres-how/ http://bastards.org/action-alert-urgent-join-the-adoptee-citizenship-act-virtual-rally-september-23-heres-how/#respond Sun, 20 Sep 2020 23:44:18 +0000 http://bastards.org/?p=8062 Big news! We’ve hit a key milestone with the Adoptee Citizenship Act and we need YOU to speak up for citizenship for ALL adoptees. Join us for a Virtual Rally on Twitter this Wednesday to demand that lawmakers pass the Adoptee Citizenship Act, H.R. 2731, and ensure citizenship for ALL adoptees.

On Wednesday, September 23rd, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration & Citizenship will discuss and listen to evidence regarding “Immigrants as Essential Workers During COVID-19.” During this time, a statement by Adoptees for Justice will be submitted to the Subcommittee. If the statement is accepted, H.R. 2731 will move onto markup, the next step in the legislative process.

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]]> http://bastards.org/action-alert-urgent-join-the-adoptee-citizenship-act-virtual-rally-september-23-heres-how/feed/ 0 8062 Action Alert: Urgent! Adoptee Citizenship Tweetstorm tonight. Join us! Here’s how! http://bastards.org/action-alert-urgent-adoptee-citizenship-tweetstorm-tonight-join-us-heres-how/ http://bastards.org/action-alert-urgent-adoptee-citizenship-tweetstorm-tonight-join-us-heres-how/#respond Thu, 10 Sep 2020 22:42:08 +0000 http://bastards.org/?p=7970 Citizenship4Adoptees Tweetstorm will start in a few hours Please join Bastard Nation in this vital, urgent action. Protect the tens of thousands of adoptees in the US who through no fault of their own, lack US citizenship and are in danger of deportation.

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]]> http://bastards.org/action-alert-urgent-adoptee-citizenship-tweetstorm-tonight-join-us-heres-how/feed/ 0 7970 Bastard Nation History, Analysis, & Endorsement of Adoptee Citizenship Act, 2019-2020 http://bastards.org/bastard-nation-history-analysis-endorsement-of-adoptee-citizenship-act-2019-2020/ http://bastards.org/bastard-nation-history-analysis-endorsement-of-adoptee-citizenship-act-2019-2020/#respond Thu, 10 Sep 2020 02:40:38 +0000 http://bastards.org/?p=7948 Bastard Nation supports the Adoptee Citizenship Act 2019/2020, the amendment to the Child Citizenship Act of 2000. We believe:

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