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The Bastard Quarterly!

The Basic Bastard

The Bible of Adoptee Rights

• 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

Bastard Bytes

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Local Laws, Activism and Contacts

• United States
• Canada
• Australia & New Zealand
• International