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 …
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NYAE Has Left the New York Adoptee Rights Coalition
Bastard Nation is a co-founder and member of the New York Adoptee Rights Coalition. We support the Avella Bill ( S5169) ****** February 2, 2018 By New York Adoptee Rights Coalition New York Adoptee Equality …
Continue readingVictory in New York: Cuomo vetos dirty bill; Deformers complain
Happy New Year! We did it! You did it! Last Friday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, after months of silence, vetoed A05036b/S0484561, the so-called “adoptee rights” bill that if signed would have made the already …
Continue readingFlorida HB357/SB576: Two more organizations sign on to opposition letter
We are happy to announce that Saving Our Sisters and Open Adoption Records Quebec has joined the official opposition to Florida’s ominous and restrictive HB357/SB576. A few days ago both signed on to the Joint …
Continue readingBastard Nation commentary: The Truth about Florida
Greg Luce, director of the Adoptee Rights Law Center hit another one out of the ballpark today with The Truth about Florida. The truth about Florida is this: no OBC access bill will get through …
Continue readingThe Truth about Florida by Greg Luce
Please read Greg Luce’s newest blog, The Truth about Florida, where he discusses what is really going on and what we can do about it. Reject and Resist!
Continue readingUPDATE: Action Alert. Gov. Cuomo: Veto New York A5036/S4845B
BASTARD NATION ACTION ALERT Veto New York A5036/S4845B Distribute Freely! November 29, 2017, New York adoptees need your help today Bill scheduled to be transmitted to governor’s office the first week of December Please contact New …
Continue readingFlorida Update: New, clean bill introduced in House
Bastards, Friends and Allies! It looks like the opposition to the dirty Stark/Uhrlaub bill is having an effect. A clean bill was just introduced today in Florida. While we think based on last year’s experience, …
Continue readingFlorida HB357/SB576: CUB joins opposition. Occupy Florida, please go home!
We are happy to announce that Concerned United Birthparents (CUB) has joined the official opposition to Florida’s ominous and restrictive HB357/SB576. On November 16 it signed on to the Joint Statement of Opposition addressed to …
Continue readingFlorida HB357/SB576: Two prominent adoption organizations join the opposition
The National Center on Adoption and Permanency, led by Adam Pertman, and the Post-Adoption Center for Education and Resources(PACER) has signed on to the Joint Statement in Opposition to Florida HB357/SB576. This makes a total of 24 national, state, and …
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