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Virginia HB301: Bastard National Letter of Support to Senate Rehab and Social Services Committee
There is no state interest in keeping original birth certificates sealed from adult adoptees to whom they pertain nor does the state have a right or duty to mediate and oversee the personal relationships of adults. The debate on the release of OBCs to its adopted citizens is small v large government issue. Small government should win this one.
Adopted people in 16 states have unrestricted access to their OBCs, including all of New England and 3 deep South conservative states (Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia). Not a single negative report about unsealing has been published. OBC access, through the efforts of policy and lawmakers is being normalized. Adoptees are beginning to be treated just like the Not Adopted.
Continue readingOregon Measure 58: 25 Years Later
25 years have passed since Helen Hill and Bastard Nation launched the 3rd wave of the adoptee rights movement with our successful Oregon Ballot Measure 58….We’ve wondered how many certs Oregon has released since then. Here’s the latest report straight from the state:
Continue readingCalifornia SB381: Letter of Support
There is no state interest in keeping original birth certificates sealed from adult adoptees to whom they pertain nor does the state have a right or duty to mediate and oversee the personal relationships of adults. The debate on the release of OBCs to its adopted citizens is small v large government issue. Small government should win this one.
Continue reading2026 Legislation Page
We launched the 2026 Bastard Nation Legislative page on January 2.
Continue readingChristmas 2025
Happy Holidays to Bastards, Friends, and Allies. If you aren’t with us…
Continue readingWatch Bastard Nation and Stop Safe Haven Baby Boxes Now on “The Stream”
It was a great pleasure to be part of the discussion, Are Baby Baby Boxes Saving Lives? broadcast on The Stream, (Al Jazeera English) on December 10. The panel, besides myself: Nadene Grabham, Director of Baby Savers SA/Doorof Hope, and Patricia Knight Meyer, adoptee rights activist, blogger (My Adopted Life,and author of the forthcoming memoir, Wonderland: A Black Market Baby’s Rise from the Rabbit Hole.) Also clips from activists Abbi Johnson (Liberty Lost podcast) and Adopted Connor.
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State Partner Organizations
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