Start here: The Basic Bastard This collection of short articles address the main issues and questions regarding Bastard Nation and adoptee rights.

BN's Mission Statement: What we strive to do & why.
Our Model Open Records legislation.

• Open Records: Why It's an Issue
  Part I of the Basic Bastard

• Open Records: Good for Adoptive Families

• Model Open Records Legislation

• Do Birthparents Have A Right to Privacy?
  Part VII of the Basic Bastard

• Legalized Abandonment

• Response to EBD Report Unintended Consequences on "Safe Haven" Laws

• Conditional Access Legislation
  Part IV of the Basic Bastard. See also

  • Sample Resolution Against Vetoes
  • Letter to Connecticut Law Revision Commission on Sealed Adoption Records

• Open Records Does Not Equal Higher Abortion or Lower Adoption Rates
  Part VIII of the Basic Bastard

• The Intermediary System is Not the Solution

• National Reunion Registries
  A resolution of the Executive Committee,
  submitted as testimony to the U.S. House of representatives June 1998.

• The Hague Convention
  A resolution of the Executive Committee. See also, from earliest to most recent:

  • Testimony on S.682 submitted to U.S. Senate Committee Oct. 1999
  • Testimony on HR.2909 submitted to U.S. Congressional Committee Oct. 1999
  • Supplementary Testimony on HR.2909 submitted to U.S. Congressional Committee Nov. 1999
  • Statement urging ratification of HR 2909 based on removal of anti-adoptee language from HR 2909. Link to text of 3/16/00 version of HR 2909 March 2000
  • Comments on Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000: Proposed Rules for Federal implementation of the Hague Convention

• Letter to Hon. Bertie Ahern, Department of the Taoiseach, Ireland supporting the call of the Magdalene Memorial Committee to further investigate the scandal of the Magdalene Laundries.

• Bastard Nation Statement - Victory in New Hampshire!

• Bowling for Babies: Bastard Nation's Response to 20/20's Be My Baby Ad Campaign

Laws and Legislators in Your Neck of the Woods:

International Adoption Laws, Legislators and Resources

Adoptive parents groups and adoptee rights groups agree that the adoption industry lobby benefits from permanently sealed records and the nonaccountability it provides.

* Why Adoptive Parents Support Open Records for Adult Adoptees

* Why They're Good for Adoptive Families: Open Records for Adult Adoptees

Birthmothers Support Open Records for Adult Adoptees:

* Over 500 Birthmothers Say "VOTE YES" on Measure 58

* Raped Birthmothers Voice Strong Support for Oregon's Adoptee Rights Measure
Oregon birthmothers join thousands across nation to support adoptee rights

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