THE BASIC BASTARD

A Publication of

BASTARD NATION: THE ADOPTEE RIGHTS ORGANIZATION
www.bastards.org

P.O. Box 1469
Edmond, OK 73083-1469
Voice and fax: 415-704-3166

Edited by Cynthia Bertrand Holub

Contributors: David Ansardi, Janine Baer, Julie Dennis, Nina Greeley,
Marley Greiner, Shea Grimm,
Kevin McCarty, Ron Morgan, Mary Hunt Peret, Damsel Plum,
Natalie Proctor Servant, Al Wei.

Design: Charles Filius
Web Design: Kevin McCarty and Donna Martz
BN Logo by Gavriela Person

Second Edition
Copyright 2003 Bastard Nation

Table of Contents

What is Bastard Nation?

• Open Records: Why It's an Issue
• A History of Sealed Records in the United States
• A History of Adoption and Sealed Records in Canada
• The Adoption Reform Movement
• Conditional Access Legislation and Other Legislative Compromises
• Know Thine Enemies
• The Model State Act, the NCFA and the UAA
• Legalized Anonymous Infant Abandonment
• Do Birth Parents Have a Right to Privacy?
• Open Records Does Not Equal Higher Abortion or Lower Adoption Rates
• Constitutional Issues and Open Records for Adult Adoptees
• Open Records Around the World