The New York Adoptee Rights Coalition For adoptees born outside of New York, but adopted in the state: We received an email from one of our contacts within the NYSDOH – New York …
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Arizona: Unrestricted HB2600 passes House; on to Senate
Arizona has a long,curious and confusing history of adoptee records access. Before 1945 OBCs were open to the adoptee and the general public. In 1952 OBCs were closed to the public but still open to the adoptee. In 1967 OBCs were sealed to all adoptees. In 1997 OBCs were unsealed to a select few adoptees whose adoptions had been finalized 75 years ago or longer(!) Then in 2004 OBCs were again sealed to all adoptees This jumble of yes, no maybe, and no again makes no sense, especially now in an era of openness and transparency in adoption and the unsealing of adoption records around the country
Continue readingStop Baby Safe Haven Drop Boxes
Fed up with Safe Haven Baby Boxes? Let Boxers know. Join us on Stop Safe Haven Baby Drop Boxes today. Open to anyone in and out of AdoptionLand who finds anonymously abandoning a baby by …
Continue readingBastard Nation Submitted Testimony Maryland H1039: Unrestricted OBC Access. Do Pass
Bastard Nation and its members in Maryland have worked in Maryland since the late 1990s to secure a change in OBC/adoption record access laws that restore the right of all the state’s adoptees ,not just the select few as under current law who are currently forced to navigate a cumbersome, difficult, and insulting gauntlet of restrictions, arbitrary procedures, and naysayers, to receive their own OBC,s which are rightfully theirs, without restriction.
Continue readingBastard Nation Testimony on SB113 – clean records bill. Do Pass
The passage in 2015 of Public Act 14-133 which restored the right of OBC access to Connecticut adopted persons whose adoptions were finalized after October 1, 1983, shows that the legislature understands the justice in OBC access. Unfortunately, 30,000 of the state’s adoptees were left behind in that limited law—their records remaining sealed and available only through a court order. SB 113 finishes the job making all Connecticut adoptees subject to the same right of access and due process.
Continue readingBastard Nation Submitted Testimony/Letter in Opposition: H1217–Baby Box
The Florida House The Florida House Health and Human Services Committee held a hearing for H1217–baby box bill. Unfortunately, the Florida legislature, as we learned yesterday, does not accept electronically transmitted testimony. We then sent …
Continue readingBastard Nation Policy Paper on Legalized Baby Abandonment: Baby Drop Boxes
Our new comprehensive statement on Baby Drop Boxes and their negative impact on Class Bastard, adoption, child welfare, and our rights–is now published. Please read it. Baby Boxes are a New Wave of the future and must be stopped. They are coming to your state and you need to be prepared. Check the BN Legislative Page for legislative news on them.
Continue readingBASTARD NATION POLICY ANALYSIS: LEGALIZED BABY ABANDONMENT: BABY DROP BOXES
Bastard Nation: The Adoptee Rights Organization “Legalized” Baby Abandonment Laws: Baby Drop Boxes A new “legalized” infant abandonment movement has emerged-–separate from the 20-year-old Safe Haven Movement, which advocates the “legal abandonment” of newborns …
Continue readingMassachusetts: Bastard Nation letter requesting movement on clean bill HB1892/SB1287
A few weeks ago Access Massachusetts asked help in moving clean bills HB1892/SB1267 out of committee and on for a vote. The bills were recently voted favorable out of the Joint Committee on Public Health and are now in the House Seering, Policy, Scheduling Committee of the House. Access Massachusetts is not affiliated with Bastard Nation but we wholeheartedly support this bill that will level the playing field and restore the right of all Massachusetts adoptees to their OBC. Below is the letter we sent tonight in support of the bill and movement forward.
Continue readingAction Alert. Connecticut SB113. Level the playing field. Submit your testimony today.
On February 21, 2020, Connecticut SB113 will receive a public hearing before the Joint Committee on Planning and Development. The measure is a clean bill that levels the playing field for Connecticut adoptees. It restores …
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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