We are still in the process of updating, but for practical and  technical reasons  we are putting it up now. We have saved what we could from the original pages, but after the recent crash and burn, it has been impossible to retrieve some of the original work. Other material has been saved, but need “fixed.Our first goal is to finish the legislative pages, including the state pages.  This should be completed within the next 10 days. As of this writing we have gotten as far as Kansas.  These pages include links to  various state governmental sources including as  well as the text of each state’s access law. The texts, are in fact, time-eaters.  What seemed simple in theory, is not in practice.  Moreover, due to the constant stream of compromise bills, many state laws have been tinkered with creating an enormous number of tiered access laws, not only regarding birth certificate access but access of  non-ID information, registry qualification, and any other pernicious fix adoption deform groups and their  politicians promote and accept to “get something on the books” no matter how dangerous these fixes are to the  adoptee rights movement they claim to represent.

Our new legislative pages will also include updated information on bills and statistic on open states. Once the legislative pages are updated, we will tackle media., which will need quite a bit of reconstruction. You may be able to help us with this project.  We will also be working on updating domestic and international activist, search and support resources.

Membership:  For a long time now we’ve noticed that people refer to themselves as members of Bastard Nation, .but we’ve never seen them on the roles.  It’s flattering. As of  May 1, 2012, membership  is free.  Anyone can join. Just click on the big membership button on each page and fill out the membership form. Membership will include  a copy of the Bastard Quarterly delivered to your email box, a slot on our BEST mail list, a freebie or two from us.  (If you do not want to be on BEST, let us know). Bastard Nation does not share our mail list with other organizations.

Of course, we will always take donations, but membership is not contingent on your money.  We are looking for an alternative to PayPal, so for the time being, all donations should be sent to us directly:  Bastard Nation, PO Box 9959,    Spokane, WA 99209

While money is always important, so is support. We want members who put their mouth where their mouth is: work to change the laws in your own state and the rest of the country.  We ask only one thing:  that you refuse to  except less than 100% OBC access for all bastards. Leave no one behind . . .

Marley Greiner

Executive Chair, Bastard Nation