tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-135916272012-01-26T20:13:15.239-08:00This is the Action Alert site for Bastard Nation: The Adoptee Rights Organization. This blog will be used to post the latest request for action on legislation around the country that impacts adoptee rights. Please check back frequently!Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07288433313287026835noreply@blogger.comBlogger711100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13591627.post-59286836324143123842011-06-25T18:40:00.001-07:002011-06-26T16:46:39.648-07:00

PLEASE FORWARD FREELYBASTARD NATION ACTION ALERTRHODE ISLAND S 478 Sub AARhode Island Adoptees Need Your Help Today!House HEW vote scheduled for 4:00 PM Monday, June 27, 2011Tell House Committee to support HB S478 Sub AA--already supported similar bill a few weeks agoMake Rhode Island #7H478 Sub A, amended and re-numbered to H478 AA, a bill to allow any adoptee 25 years or older to obtain a copy

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PLEASE FORWARD FREELYBASTARD NATION ACTION ALERTRHODE ISLAND S 478 Sub ARhode Island Adoptees Need Your Help Today!Vote scheduled for Wednesday, June 22, 2011Tell the Rhode Island Senate to support HB S478 Sub AMake Rhode Island #7HB 478 Sub A, a bill to allow any adoptee 30 years or older to obtain a copy of that person’s original birth certificate with no conditions or restrictions is

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Distribute FreelyBASTARD NATION ACTION ALERT!STOP RESTRICTIVE MISSOURI SB351ASK GOV. NIXON TO VETORead full text of SB 351 here.Please contact Missouri Governor Jay Nixon immediately and urge him to veto SB 351. (Contact information below.) If you are from or in Missouri or have a Missouri connection, mention it in your communication.Be sure to put: "Please veto SB 351 in the headerBastard

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Please Distribute FreelyBASTARD NATION ACTION ALERTSupport adoptee rights for all, not privilege for someWrite New Jersey Governor Chris Christie todayAsk him to veto A1406/1399/S699A1406/1399/S699 is on its way to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie for signing. Gov. Christie's views on the bill are unknown. Please take a few minutes to write the governor now and ask him to veto this flawed

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Distribute FreelyBASTARD NATION ACTION ALERT!STOP DISCLOSURE VETO/WHITE OUT LEGISLATION IN NEW JERSEY!!!ASK THE NEW JERSEY ASSEMBLY: VOTE NO ON A1406/S799Read full text of A1406 here.Read full text of S799 hereA1406 (companion to S799 already passed in the NJ Senate) is scheduled for a floor vote on MONDAY MAY 9, 2011. Please contact Assembly members immediately and urge them to VOTE NO

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BASTARD NATION ACTION ALERTRHODE ISLAND HB 5453PLEASE FORWARD FREELY.Support HB 5453 - Clean Bill!Make Rhode Island #7HB 5453, a bill to allow any adoptee 18 years or older to obtain a copy their original birth certificate upon written application, with no conditions or restrictions, will be heard before the RI House Judiciary Committee on April 12 (moved from April 5). An identical companion

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Join Bastard Nation at the Times Square Hard Rock1501 Broadway (Times Square)Meeting: 9:00AM - 12:00 NoonDon't let the adoption industry and its dupes speak for you!On Thursday March 10, the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute is sponsoring a so-called "adoptee rights" event at the Hard Rock in Times Square. Called "Learning the RIGHT Lessons about Adoption: What the Oprah Winfrey Reunion

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Pittsburgh Consortium for Adoption StudiesUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Arts and SciencesSchool of LawWomen’s Studies ProgramPresent:Elizabeth Samuels Professor, University of Baltimore School of LawAdoption, Identity, and Confidentiality:The History of Closed RecordsThursday, September 3012:30 pmG-20 University of Pittsburgh Law School3900 Forbes AvenueCurrently, when children are adopted,

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Please distribute freely!BASTARD NATION ACTION ALERTGive Pennsylvania unrestricted HB 1978 a hearing!Monday, August 16, 2010:“Contact Chairman Oliver Day for Adoptee Rights"HB 1978 is a short, simply written bill to restore the right of all Pennsylvania adoptees to their original birth certificates without restriction. For months, the bill has been stalled, with no hearings, in the House Health

Marley Geinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184124024369071862noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13591627.post-48219281237982279782010-06-22T18:27:00.001-07:002010-06-26T10:50:50.642-07:00

Unofficial word (that is, it's not on the New Jersey Leg website yet) is that the Adoptees' Birthright Bill has been shelved until fall. According to news distributed earlier today to various lists, rumors of Gov. Chris Christie's possible veto are very real. (Once it appears, I'll link the official notice of postponement here.) NOTE: Official confirmation received this morning See the end of

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BASTARD NATION ACTION ALERTPlease distribute freely!Please take a minute to write short letter to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and ask him to veto SCS799/1399 if it reaches his desk. The bill passed out of the Human Services Committee on June 14. (NOTE: These are the numbers used by proponents. Two bills have been consolidated and are also known as SCS1406).SCS799/1399, promoted as an

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Distribute FreelyBASTARD NATION ACTION ALERT!STOP DISCLOSURE VETO/WHITE OUT LEGISLATION IN NEW JERSEY!!!ASK THE NEW JERSEY ASSEMBLY HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE:VOTE NO ON A1406/S799DON'T LET PASSAGE OF BAD LEGISLATION IN NEW JERSEY THREATEN EFFORTS IN OTHER STATES FOR TRUE EQUAL ACCESS FOR ADULTIT'S BACK!A1406 (companion to S799 already passed in the NJ Senate) is scheduled for a hearing in

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DISTRIBUTE FREELY!It's not to late to ask Illinois Governor Pat Quinn to veto HB 5428. Quinn will make his decision on the bill by the end of the week.Even if you have already contacted the governor's office, please do it again. Let the real voice of adoptees be heard.Web contact (email) form: http://www.illinois.gov/gov/contactthegovernor.cfmSpringfield OfficeOffice of the Governor207 State

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Distribute Freely!BASTARD NATION ACTION ALERTSTOP RHODE ISLAND SB 2759/H7877Black Lists Adoptees!Creates and expands special rights and disclosure veto!BILLSS 2759HB7877On May 12, the Rhode Island House unanimously passed H7877, a bill that restricts the right of all Rhode Island adoptees to access their own birth certificates. Promoted as an “adoptee rights” and original birth certificate “

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Distribute Freely and Quickly!BASTARD NATION ACTION ALERT!URGENT!ILLINOIS GROUND ZEROCONTACT GOVERNOR PAT QUINN NOWDon't let Illinois gut what few rightsIllinois adoptees still possess!This afternoon the Illinois Senate passed HB 5428:the Illinois Adoption CI/Registry Cash Cow Protection ActHB 5428 is NOT an original birth certificate access billHB 5428 is NOT an adoptee rights billHB 5428 is NOT

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It's not too late to let your voice be heard!STOP HB 5428 !Don't let Illinois continue to gut the rights of Illinois adoptees!TAKE ACTION THIS WEEKEND!CONTACT ILLINOIS SENATORS THE BILL IS HERE:Talking pointsHB 5428:conflates rights with reunion. It confuses OBC access with contact with a parent. It retains the Illinois Adoption Registry and Medical Exchange (IARME), and currently

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BASTARD NATION: THE ADOPTEE RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONwww.bastards.orgURGENT ACTION ALERT – ILLINOIS HB 5428PLEASE FORWARD FREELYIllinois HB 5428, the bill that is supposed to help adoptees get their obcs, but doesn’t - is on the move again. It was rushed through the House and passed on the House floor by a vote of 74 – 67. Now it’s going quickly through the Senate. It must be stopped right now in the

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IMPORTANT CORRECTIONRE: CONTACT INFO IL HB 5428Evidently, Illinois does not have any legislative email system. Our colleagues report that every single one of the emails published in our first Action Alert came back as undeliverable. Therefore, the ways to reach an elected official is by phone, FAX, or snail mail. (The latter might work because we are told that the Senate is not reconvening until

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ILLINOISOPEN ORGANIZATIONhttp://www.ilopen.orgBASTARD NATION: THE ADOPTEE RIGHTS ORGANIZATION www.bastard.org___________________________________________________________________ PRESS RELEASEMarch 22, 2010For Immediate ReleaseCONTACT INFORMATIONAnita Walker Field, 1-847-677-0594Marley Greiner, 1-614-571-2999Mary Lynn Fuller, 1-217-722-4814 ADOPTEE RIGHTS SQUASHED AGAIN IN NEW ILLINOIS BILL – HB

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BASTARD NATION ACTION ALERTPlease forward freelySTOP DISCLOSURE VETO/WHITE OUT LEGISLATION IN NEW JERSEY!!!ASK THE NEW JERSEY SENATE TO VOTE NO ON S799DON'T LET PASSAGE OF BAD LEGISLATION IN NEW JERSEY THREATEN EFFORTS IN OTHER STATES FOR TRUE EQUAL ACCESS FOR ADULT ADOPTEES!!IT'S BACK!S799 , (formerlyA752) is scheduled for a floor vote in the New Jersey Senate March 22, 2010.Please

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BASTARD NATION ACTION ALERTPlease forward freelySTOP DISCLOSURE VETO/WHITE OUT LEGISLATION IN NEW JERSEY!!!ASK THE NEW JERSEY SENATE HEALTH, HUMAN SERVICES & SENIOR CITIZENS COMMITTEE TO VOTE NO ON S799DON'T LET PASSAGE OF BAD LEGISLATION IN NEW JERSEY THREATEN EFFORTS IN OTHER STATES FOR TRUE EQUAL ACCESS FOR ADULT ADOPTEES!!IT'S BACK!S799 , (formerlyA752) is scheduled for a hearing in the New

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NEVER MIND: I no sooner got this up than we learned that the bill is DEAD. RIP HB 1223, SB 152 and South Dakota's civil rightless bastards.South Dakota HB 1223 was defeated Friday and is supposedly being reconsidered today. Please go to below to the original action alerts and send a message of support for a clean bill and reconsideration.It's been very confusing. The bill's sponsored who

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SB 152, the only clean bill so far this year in the United States, died Wednesday afternoon in the South Dakota Senate. The "reconsideration" never happened. South Dakota Seal posted on its FB page:When the House Speaker announced it for reconsideration, not even the sponsor said a word. Apparently he lost his fight???******SB 152'S companion bill, HB 1223 started out as a clean bill, but a "

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The South Dakota Senate yesterday defeated SB 152. This was a clean simple bill to restore the right to access original birth certificates to all South Dakota adoptees without restriction. The vote was 22-12. The roll call vote is here.According to the South Dakota Seal Facebook page, the chief opponent was the South Dakota Eagle Forum. It's argument: abortionWe haven't heard from the

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ACTION ALERT- Bastard Nation: The Adoptee Rights Organization SOUTH DAKOTA –SB 152 – Unconditional Access to OBC's - Vote Yes SB 152, a 100% unconditional open records bill, will be voted upon on the floor of the South Dakota Senate on Tuesday, February 16th. Bastard Nation: The Adoptee Rights Organization, urges everyone to write to the Senators of South Dakota immediately and ask them to vote

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BASTARD NATION ACTION ALERTSOUTH DAKOTA SB 152PLEASE FORWARD FREELY.SB 152, a 100% unconditional open records bill, will be voted upon on the floor of the South Dakota Senate on Tuesday, February 16th.Bastard Nation: The Adoptee Rights Organization, urges everyone to write to the Senators of South Dakota immediately and ask them to vote YES on SB 152, which will give all adoptees equal rights.

Marley Geinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184124024369071862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13591627.post-17287130988920259972009-05-13T13:34:00.001-07:002009-05-13T13:34:26.036-07:00

If you were listening to the Cal Assembly Appropriations Committee hearing today you may wonder what happened to AB 372. First there was Assb. Ma and then there wasn't and not a word about the bill in between. I figured it went into the suspense file, where bills are usually sent to die, but was puzzled because the number wasn't even called.Jean Uhrich from CalOpen was on the scene and tells

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vry impt notisCA AB 372 suksit mst b dfeted nowGo to www.calopen.org

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This is CalOpen's URGENT ACTION ALERT FOR CALIFORNIA. It also serves as a Bastard Nation Action Alert Note that Assb. Ma's office now says there will be an $8 MILLION start-up cost!!!!!!!* * * CALIFORNIA OPEN ACTION ALERT * * * PLEASE DISTRIBUTE FREELYIssued May 12, 2009URGE THE CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATUREASSEMBLY APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEETO VOTE NO ON AB 372On Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 AB

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I mistakenly posted the BN Action Alert a second time instead of the letter. Here is the correct post.Here is the letter Bastard Nation sent to the Texas House Committee on Public Health regarding HB 4470 and SB 499. We called for instructions to submit written testimony and learned that the legislature will only take in-person testimony. In other words, if an individual or organization wants

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BASTARD NATION: THE ADOPTEE RIGHTS ORGANIZATION ACTION ALERT TEXAS ACTION ALERT- EMERGENCY TEXAS SENATE BILL 499 & COMPANION HOUSE BILL 4470 We have an emergency in the Texas State Legislature. Probably one of the worst combination of so-called “adoptee rights bills” in history are on their way to crushing any chance of adoptee’s ever achieving equal access to birth certificates, now

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We are running on a very tight schedule here, so I'm posting CalOpen's AB 372 Action Alert here instead of writing up a separate one for BN. Bastard Nation is submitting it's testimony later today.NOTE: As of this posting, the official Ma amendments are not available.Help us defeat this abomination!* * * CALIFORNIA OPEN ACTION ALERT * * *PLEASE DISTRIBUTE FREELYIssued April 20, 2009URGE THE

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A clean open records bill is scheduled to be introduced into the California legislature soon. This is not a Bastard Nation or California Open bill. California Open, however, has regrouped to keep the language of the bill clear of all compromise. Below is an action alert issued by CalOpen that we are forwarding our California members. We will send your other notices from CalOpen as time goes on

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This afternoon five phony Bastard Nation emails, under the subject Bastard Nation Action Alert were sent out.Bastard Nation has sent no action alerts. These emails are empty and have no attachments.Please delete them without opening them.Appropriate abuse authorities have been notified.Thanks.Marley

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BASTARD NATION ACTION ALERT IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED RE: NEBRASKA SAFE HAVEN LAW REPEAL IS THE ONLY SOLUTION TO LB 157. Members of the Nebraska Legislature convened Monday, Nov. 14 for a Unicam special session to address Nebraska's disastrous safe haven law, LB157. This law allows any person to abandon any child up to the age of 19 to a state- designated safe haven. Since its passage last

Marley Geinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184124024369071862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13591627.post-80872378300881080162008-09-17T17:49:00.000-07:002008-09-17T19:31:20.399-07:00

PLEASE FORWARD FREELYMICHIGAN HOUSE BILLSHB 4896 and HB 6287The Michigan House of Representatives has just passed two very restrictive adoptee rights bills, HB 4896 and HB 6287, by the frightening majority of 90 – 10. The bills have now been forwarded to the Senate Committee on Families and Human Services. Please contact ALL of the Michigan Senators immediately and urge them to vote NO to HB 4896

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To: Members, Bastard Nation: The Adoptee Rights OrganizationRe: Withdrawal of Bastard Nation from A Day for Adoptee RightsBastards,The Executive Committee of Bastard Nation: the Adoptee Rights Organization announces with regret the withdrawal of our organizational co-sponsorship and official participation in A Day for Adoptee Rights, (DAR) scheduled for July 20-25 during the National Conference

Marley Geinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184124024369071862noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13591627.post-23518751921141749052008-04-21T15:46:00.002-07:002008-04-21T15:47:13.298-07:00

BUCKEYES FOR EQUAL ACCESS:OPEN RECORDS FOR ALL OHIO ADOPTEESPLEASE DISTRIBUTE FREELY OHIO ACTION ALERT BUCKEYES FOR EQUAL ACCESS SAYS:OHIO ADOPTEES NEED YOUR HELP NOW!SUB BILL ERASES BIRTH CERTIFICATE ACCESSBeaOhio: beaohio@gmail.comhttp://www.myspace.com/beaohioOn April 16, 2008 a substitute bill for HB 7, an adoption/fostercare reform bill, which included original birth certificate access for

Marley Geinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184124024369071862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13591627.post-41054376047688512392008-04-16T14:40:00.000-07:002008-04-16T14:43:42.187-07:00

GRANNIE ANNIE’STOP TEN LISTTHE CHICAGO BAR ASSOCIATION 10. Why do some Illinois State Representatives tell me that in order to get legislative approval for any adoptee rights bill, and in particular HB 4623, (a bill to give some adopted adults their original birth certificate) it must first pass muster with the Chicago Bar Association? 9. Why does the Chicago Bar Association ALWAYS oppose the

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BASTARD NATION: THE ADOPTEE RIGHTS ORGANIZATION P.O. Box 1469 Edmond, OK www.bastards.org PLEASE DISTRIBUTE FREELY ILLINOIS ACTION ALERT URGE THE ILLINOIS HOUSE TO VOTE NO ON HB4623HB 4623, sponsored by Representative Sara

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GRAND OPENINGPLEASE FORWARD FREELYILLINOIS OPENhttp://www.ilopen.orgobc@ilopen.orgMISSION STATEMENTIllinois Open advocates the issuing to all Illinois adult adoptees, upon request an unconditionally, a copy of their unaltered original birth certificate. GOALSIllinois Open is an informational organization. Its

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Kissimmee, Fl - November 2007 - On November 1, 2007, USABookNews.com, the premiere online magazine and review website for mainstream and independent publishing houses, announced the winners and finalist of the 2007 National Best Books Awards. Winners and finalists traversed the publishing landscape. They included publishing houses like Simon & Schuster, Penguin-Putnam, HarperCollins, Random House

Grannie Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08961647803071602014noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13591627.post-45034060571435602042007-09-18T00:17:00.001-07:002007-09-18T00:17:42.304-07:00

AB 81, which expands the age that newborns can be "legally abandoned in California fro 72 hours to 10 days,, passed the General Assembly a few days ago. Bastard Nation opposes AB 81. Below is our letter requesting that Gov. Schwarzenegger veto.September 17, 2007 Governor Arnold SchwarzeneggerState Capitol BuildingSacramento, CA 95814Attention: Constituent AffairsFax: RE: AB 81:

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NOTE: Scroll down for Bastard Nation Action Alert and how you can help stop tihs bill from becoming law.September 5, 2007 His Excellency Deval PatrickMassachusetts StatehouseRoom 360Boston, MA 02133 RE: Senate Bill 63: An Act Further Regulating Access to Birth Certificates—Please Veto Dear Governor Patrick: Bastard Nation: The Adoptee Rights Organization, the largest adoptee

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BASTARD NATION ACTION ALERT!MASSACHUSETTS SB63Please forward freely!MASSACHUSETTS TRASHES ADOPTEE RIGHTS!ADOPTEES BLACKLISTED BY DATE OF BIRTH!Call, email, or fax Governor Deval Patrick IMMEDIATELY and urge him to VETO SB63.(Contact information below) In 2005 we were told by members of the Massachusetts legislature "trust us." Unrestricted adoptee access to their own original birth

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qMASSACHUSETTS SB 63“An Act to Further Regulate the Access of Birth Certificates”SB 63 is one of the worst bills ever devised in adoption history. Under SB 63, adopted adults will be separated into two distinct categories based solely on dates of birth. I call them the BLESSED LIST and the BLACK LIST.MASSACHUSETTS’ BLESSED LIST.1. Adopted men and women who were born before July 17, 1974.2.

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Linda Lingle is the only governor who gets it. She knows that so-called safe haven laws are bad for children, bad for families—and bad for ethical child placement., Bucking tremendous political pressure from anonymous-baby harvesters and political partisans, she twice vetoed baby dump bills. Thank Governor Lingle for sticking to her guns and standing up for the identity rights of Hawai

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According to the HI legislative page, this afternoon Gov. Lingle vetoed HB1830--the Safe Haven bill. Her veto statement is not yet linked, but you can go here for verification of the veto and to look later for her statement.Thanks to all who contacted Hawai'ian lawmakers and voiced your views against safe havens.If you have not done so, fax, email, call and ask Hawai'ian legislators to let the

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BASTARD NATION ACTION ALERT!PLEASE DISTRIBUTE FREELY STOP THE HB1830 BABY DUMP OVERRIDEWe have a golden opportunity to dump a baby dump!Recently the Hawai’i legislature overwhelmingly passed HB 1830, a "standard" Safe Haven bill that permits individuals to anonymously abandon newborns at various locations with no legal consequences. Governor Linda Lingle vetoed this bill as she vetoed a similar

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PLEASE FORWARD FREELY!BASTARD NATION ACTION ALERTIF IT’S NOT BROKE--DON’T FIX IT!VETO HAWAI’I HB 1830 – Safe Haven ActAloha!!Hawai’ian adoptees and Governor Linda Lingle need your support…now!HB 1830 which would legalize newborn abandonment in Hawai’i through the implementation of “safe havens” has passed both houses and is on Gov. Linda Lingle’s desk awaiting her signature.In 2003 Lingle vetoed

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May 22, 2007The Honorable Linda LingleGovernor, State of Hawai`iExecutive ChambersState CapitolHonolulu, Hawai’i96813RE: HB 1830: Safe Haven/”Safe Place for Newborns”—Please VetoDear Governor Lingle:Bastard Nation: The Adoptee Rights Organization urges you to continue to reject enactment of so-called “Safe Haven laws” in Hawai’i and to veto HB 1830. Bastard Nation agrees whole-heartedly with

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BASTARD NATION ACTION ALERT HB 509 PLEASE FORWARD FREELY! ATTENTION ALL ADOPTEES WHO LIVE OR WERE BORN IN MISSOURI Last week the House Judiciary Committee heard testimony on HB 509 which restores the right of Missouri adoptees to access their original birth certificates. The Committee will probably vote on the bill on April 10, 2007. The bill permits any person adopted in the

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE_____________________________________________________________________________March 23, 2007MASSACHUSETTS BLACKLISTS ADOPTED ADULTSIf the legislature has its way, some Massachusetts adoptees may soon findthemselves on a state-established blacklist that bars them from accessing theirown original birth certificates because of the date of their birth. Otheradoptees, however, born

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BASTARD NATION ACTION ALERTTHROW OUT SB 63, SB 77, and HB 2190On March 21, 2007, the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Children, Families, andDisabilities will hold a hearing on two new access bills, SB 63, sponsored bySenator Karen Spilka, SB 77, sponsored by Senator Susan B. Fargo. A third bill,HB 2190, is identical to the others and it may be heard on March 21st as well.Please contact the

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Another disaster is going through the statehouse in Minnesota. Bill HF1445 is along, complicated and confusing bill purporting to allow some adopted adults tohave access to their original birth certificates. The bill contains a disclosureveto and also sprinkles in other restrictions here and there as you read throughthe bill. It also has a new surprise that this reporter has never seen

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North Carolina is the state with the good bill. H445/S111 will allow all adoptedadults equal access to their original birth records, unconditionally and with nofalsifications. The bill also contains a contact preference form for birthmothers that is similar to those in New Hampshire and Alabama. The contactpreference form will be kept with the original birth certificate but it will not prevent

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Three new bills, three Black Holes. It boggles the mind. HB 2190, SB 63 and SB77 were introduced in January and they appear to be almost identical. SB 63 issponsored by Sen. Karen Spilka and SB 77 by Sen. Susan B. Fargo, also left oversfrom last year.All three bills are a repeat of last year’s amended bill, SB 959 which was agood bill that went bad in the Joint Judiciary Committee. Thankfully,

Grannie Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08961647803071602014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13591627.post-1173889567274163622007-03-14T10:24:00.000-07:002007-03-14T10:26:07.673-07:00

A new access bill, HB 2190, has been filed in MASSACHUSETTS and it has the same insane “Black Hole” provision as last year’s bill. Adopted adults can request and receive their original birth certificates so long as they weren’t born between July 14, 1974 and January 1, 2008.The rationalization for the black hole is that this bill acknowledges an “implied promise” of confidentiality made to

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Bastard NationNEW JERSEY BILL S1087ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATES: RIGHT OR PRIVEILEGE?When you pass out privileges, you pick and choose.When you pass out civil rights, it’s all or nothing.The Bastardette at http://bastardette.blogspot.com wrote an eloquent blog about New Jersey Bill S1087 and the New Jersey Dimwits associated with it, some of whom support the bill as amended and others who think

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BASTARD NATION ACTION ALERTNEW JERSEY BILL PASSES IN SENATEOn December 4th, the New Jersey Senate passed S 1087 by a vote of 27 – 12 – 1. The bill has now gone over to the House and has been referred to the Assembly Human Services Committee.S 1087 purports to be an open records bill for adoptees. But within this bill is a section that gives birth parents the legal right to file an affidavit of

Grannie Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08961647803071602014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13591627.post-1165249596497284262006-12-04T08:26:00.000-08:002006-12-04T08:26:37.350-08:00

BASTARD NATION ACTION ALERTBASTARD NATION ACTION ALERT! NEW JERSEY S1087/A2557Please forward freely.STOP DISCLOSURE VETO/WHITE OUT LEGISLATION IN NEW JERSEY!!!ASK THE NEW JERSEY SENATE TO VOTE NO ON S1087/A2557! DON'T LET PASSAGE OF BAD LEGISLATION IN NEW JERSEY THREATEN EFFORTS IN OTHER STATES FOR TRUE EQUAL ACCESS FOR ADULT ADOPTEES!!IT'S BACK!S1087/A2557, (formerly S1093/A 3237) is due for a

Grannie Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08961647803071602014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13591627.post-1148313587751773352006-05-22T08:59:00.000-07:002006-05-22T08:59:48.250-07:00

MASSACHUSETTS ACTION ALERT -PLEASE DISTRIBUTE FREELYURGE THE MASSACHUSETTS SENATE TO VOTE NO ON SB959 AS AMENDED. SB959 began as a clean bill and adopted adults would have been able to access their OBCs in the same manner as all other Massachusetts adults. However, the Joint Committee on Children and Families has amended the bill and it is no longer an equal access bill. We all need to STOP this

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If the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has its way, adopted people as a group will be divided into three distinct categories with regards to unconditional access to their original birth certificates. 1) ADOPTEES WHO ARE NOT YET BORN will be able to get their obcs when they reach the age of 18 or 21 - that is, in the year 2024 or 2027..2) ADOPTEES WHO WERE BORN BEFORE 1974 will have unconditional

Grannie Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08961647803071602014noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13591627.post-1146348374055444742006-04-29T15:04:00.000-07:002006-04-29T15:06:18.533-07:00

It is imperative that you write or call the Honorable M. Jodi Rell, Governor of Connecticut immediately, asking her TO VETO SB 0004.Email address: Governor.Rell@po.state.ct.usTelephone: Greater Hartford area (860) 566-4840Telephone: Toll free (800) 406-1527The Connecticut General Assembly, on April 24th, passed SB 0004, a bill that will give adoptees born after October 2006 access to their

Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07288433313287026835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13591627.post-1140962990261219442006-02-26T06:07:00.000-08:002006-02-26T06:09:59.020-08:00

BASTARD NATION URGENT ACTION ALERT: SUPPORT MISSOURI'S HB-1436, OPEN RECORDS FOR ADULT ADOPTEES!HB-1436 WILL BE HEARD IN THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28th. PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND URGE THEM TO PASS THIS BILL OUT OF COMMITTEE WITH A "YES" VOTE!!HB-1436 has been introduced in the Missouri Assembly and would restore the availability of original birth

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BASTARD NATION ACTION ALERT: PLEASE DISTRIBUTE FREELYMAINE ACTION ALERT: URGE THE MAINE JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY TO VOTE YES ON LD1805!BASTARD NATION: THE ADOPTEE RIGHTS ORGANIZATION fully supports (as written) the bill that is being heard in MAINE: LD1805. We urge all Bastard Nation members and adoptee rights supporters to contact the committee members and ask them to vote YES on

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Please see this update to our NJ Alert in the blog below this one:PLEASE NOTE: WE ARE HAVING TROUBLE WITH E-MAIL BOUNCES USING THE DIRECT E-MAIL ADDRESSES. PLEASE USE THE HTTP:// ADDRESS FOR EACH LEGISLATOR (CLICK ON THE LINK) TO GO TO AN ONLINE FORM FOR CONTACTING THE COMMITTEE MEMBER DIRECTLY. THIS IS PREFERABLE TO USING THE DIRECT E-MAIL ADDRESSES. THANK YOU!

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BASTARD NATION ACTION ALERT!STOP DISCLOSURE VETO/WHITE OUT LEGISLATION IN NEW JERSEY!!!ASK THE NEW JERSEY ASSEMBLY FAMILY, WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES COMMITTEE TO VOTE NO ON A3237/S1093!!!!DON'T LET PASSAGE OF BAD LEGISLATION IN NEW JERSEY THREATEN EFFORTS IN OTHER STATES FOR TRUE EQUAL ACCESS FOR ADULT ADOPTEES!!A3237/S1093 was introduced in the New Jersey Legislature in 2004 and has

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BASTARD NATION: THE ADOPTEE RIGHTS ORGANIZATION fully supports (as written) the Senate bill that is being heard in Massachusetts - SB959. We urge all Bastard Nation members to contact Massachusettes Senators and Representatives and ask them to vote YES to SB959.LET THE MASSACHUSETTS SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES KNOW THAT YOU FAVOR SB959 WHICH WILL RESTORE ADULT ADOPTEES ACCESS TO THEIR ORIGINAL

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* * * FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE * * *(Please forward freely)Issued June 8, 2005By California OpenURGE THE CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLYPUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEETO VOTE NO ON SB 116PERMANENT SAFE HAVEN LEGISLATIONSB 116 (Dunn) will come before the California Assembly Public Safety Committee on TUESDAY, JUNE 14th at 9:00 AM. This bill will make permanent Safe Haven Legislation (SB 1368 in 2000 and SB 1413

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Welcome to Bastard Nation's Action Alert site. We will be using this blog to post action alerts when needed for legislative efforts around the nation. Please check in with this site frequently to help maximize your participation in adoptee rights legislative efforts around the country! Remember, your letters, phone calls, e-mails, and FAXes do make a difference!!

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