BASTARD NATION: THE ADOPTEE RIGHTS ORGANIZATION

MEDIA ROOM

Table of Contents

• ABORTION, ADOPTION, AND OPEN RECORDS
• ALABAMA CELEBRATES OPEN RECORDS
• BIRTH PARENT CONFIDENTIALITY
• CONDITIONAL ACCESS LEGISLATION
• CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES AND OPEN RECORDS
• THE HISTORY OF SEALED ADOPTION RECORDS IN CANADA
• THE HISTORY OF SEALED ADOPTION RECORDS IN THE UNITED STATES
• IDENTITY INFORMATION: A CIVIL RIGHT FOR ADULT ADOPTEES
• IDENTITY INFORMATION: A MORAL RIGHT FOR ADULT ADOPTEES
• LEGALIZED BABY ABANDONMENT/SAFE HAVEN LAWS
• MEASURE 58: OREGON'S HISTORIC BALLOT INITIATIVE
• OPEN RECORDS ARE GOOD FOR ADOPTIVE FAMILIES
• OPEN RECORDS: WHY IT’S AN ISSUE
• THE OPPOSITION
• A PRO-LIFE CONSERVATIVE ENDORSES OPEN RECORDS
• WHOSE RIGHT TO PRIVACY?

BIBLIOGRAPHIES:

• READ ABOUT...THE ADOPTEE EXPERIENCE
• READ ABOUT...ADOPTION IN HISTORY
• READ ABOUT...ADOPTION IN LITERATURE
• READ ABOUT...BABY ABANDONMENT
• READ ABOUT....THE BIRTH PARENT EXPERIENCE
• READ ABOUT...CIVIL RIGHTS AND ACTIVISM
• READ ABOUT....OPEN RECORDS
• READ ABOUT...SEARCHING

CHARTS :

• COUNTRIES WITH OPEN RECORDS
• STATES WITH OPEN RECORDS /
    STATES WITH CONDITIONAL ACCESS
• STATES WITH ACCESS BY COURT ORDER ONLY
• SUMMARY OF OPEN RECORDS LEGISLATION

QUICK RESOURCES:

• THE INTERNET
• NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES
• NATIONAL TELEVISION AND RADIO
• PROTEST CHANTS
• SLOGANS FOR PROTEST SIGNS
• QUOTATIONS

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