BASTARDETTE POLL: WILL CARE PULL AB 372?

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Today California Asmb. Fiona Ma announced amendments she proposes to AB 372, the alleged records access bill pushed by the alleged adoptee rights group California Adoption Reform Effort. According to Asmb. Ma’s memo, these are the changes she plans to offer. Note that these amendments include a blanket default disclosure veto plus a mandatory state-run “birthmother” track-down system. NuAB 372 will:-Amend the Health and Safety Code section 102705 to require the courts to release the original birth certificate contingent upon the finding of a serious medical condition requiring familiar information. -Starting Jan 1, 2010 and going backward, the state shall open the original unamended birth certificate in an “Informational Only Copy” form to an adult adoptee age 25 or older if all of the following conditions are met: 1 -A certified, return receipt letter is sent to the best-match address of the biological parent notifying them of the change in law and allowing them to keep their record confidential by signing an enclosed form and returning to the Department of Health. 2 -A period of six-months from the time of the biological mother receiving notice is given for them to respond with the opt-out notice. -Should the Department not receive Continue Reading →

CARE’S BRIDGE TO NOWHERE: NEW AB 372 AMENDMENTS RELEASED–DROPS ADOPTEES IN THE RIVER

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This afternoon, Asmb. Fiona Ma issued a letter listing her new and improved amendments she’ll offer to the alleged records access AB 372 pimped by the California Adoption Reform Effort aka Adjunct Ma for Assembly Fundraisers. (see previous entry). The new bill form has not been printed yet so we can’t check it for accuracy. Asmb. Ma informs us however, that the new and improved AB 372 will include the following humiliations, insults, and assaults on bastard rights and autonomy. NuAB 372 will: -Amend the Health and Safety Code section 102705 to require the courts to release the original birth certificate contingent upon the finding of a serious medical condition requiring familiar information. -Starting Jan 1, 2010 and going backward, the state shall open the original unamended birth certificate in an “Informational Only Copy” form to an adult adoptee age 25 or older if all of the following conditions are met: 1 -A certified, return receipt letter is sent to the best-match address of the biological parent notifying them of the change in law and allowing them to keep their record confidential by signing an enclosed form and returning to the Department of Health. 2 -A period of six-months from Continue Reading →

PAYING TO PLAY IN CALIFORNIA

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I’ve been tied up with some pretty time-consuming tasks lately and am way behind in my writing here. It is with great pleasure, however, that I take a moment to accept BB Church’s invitation to jump out of CARE’s “celebration” cake and skunk-juice our unworthy opponents. CARE, (California Adoption Reform Effort) you see, is now running a borderline pay-to-play scheme with AB 1372 sponsor Assb. Fiona Ma. BB Church, who has more street creds than aggregate CARE could get in 35 years of street walking, explains how this thinly disguised fundraiser, billed as a “celebration of the Honorable Assemblywoman Fiona Ma” operates: If you read it very carefully you’ll note that C.A.R.E. is not actually hosting this shindig, “individual members of the California Adoption Reform Effort” are. Note that C.A.R.E.’s name is highlighted. This gives the impression that this is a C.A.R.E. sponsored “celebration” although the actual text denies it… ( I used to do this sort of dodge all the time with endorsement lists, put somebody’s name and affiliation with an asterisk next to it, with a tiny note at the bottom informing people that the organization is noted for “identification purposes only”, ha!) Note that this “celebration” is Continue Reading →

HIDDEN ADOPTION HISTORY: MOTHERS V GLADNEY 25 YEARS AGO

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There’s a lot of hidden adoption history in the US, besides hidden pregnancies, sealed records, and secret adoptions. Below is a bit of that history from Jo Anne Swanson and a request for follow-up: the 25th anniversary of the stand-off between Gladney and Barbara Landry, who refused to turn her baby over to it. I’ve never heard of this case and I’d love to know more. If you know something or you’d like a set of new articles on the case, you can contact Jo Anne at [email protected] This year marks the 25th anniversary of the stand-off at Gladney by Barbara Landry, who refused to leave the home without her baby girl. She claimed coercion in her court case, but of course Gladney managed to dispute that claim and still got her child, as they always do in court cases. The Fort Worth Star Telegram covered the story for months, complete with photos, including some of Gladney picketing by Barbara’s supporters. While this case was going on, another mother, Ellen Breeding, was emboldened to file against Gladney, too. She lost, as well. (Edna Gladney below right) Does anyone know where either of these two mothers could be located now? It Continue Reading →

TABOO: THE OFFICIAL NCFA STAY-AT-HOME GALA COLLECTION

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Joan Wheeler has an excellent blog today on the NCFA Stay-at-Home Gala. The eagle-eyed Joan caught something I missed yesterday with the on-site NCFA pictures. A minor point, I suppose–but is anything really minor in adoption? I’m curious now. Joan wrote: Those little gixmos are what exactly? Is someone typing into a plastic cel phone to “get” a pregnant girl? Is someone holding a calendar? Countdown to adoption day? One box says “Taboo” on it. Yeah, sure, lots of issues in adoption are taboo. Taboo Toys?! Sex toys from “Talk Sex With Sue”?! (That’s a sex-ed television show out of Canada, folks! Hey, I’m a Social Worker, I’m supposed to know about these things!) As for “taboo” that should be Taboo: the Game of Unspeakable Fun. For those not familiar with Taboo, the object of the game is to get the other players to say a word without saying any of the obvious words connected to it. Here’s an example played between NCFA and its cronies and gullible leggies: ax murderer, porch pisser, ungrateful, homewrecker, sweating sheets, back seats, danger to society, klepto, serial killer. Answer: uppity adoptees. (Bastards is just too crude for the NCFA crowd). I collect adoption Continue Reading →

THANKS FOR THE GALA, NCFA!

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Have you recovered from the National Council for Adoption’s big Stay-at-Home Gala last night? I just pulled myself out of bed after a night of amended birth certificate burning, heavy boozing, and indiscriminate sex with my local street gang celebrating how adoption has improved my life. (left) As I stumbled into the kitchen to mix myself some hair of the dog and feed the angry kitties, I decided to check my email. And am I ever glad I did! Right there between Facebook messages and a credit card bill I found a note from NCFA and “children everywhere waiting to be adopted,” thanking me for my generous support of adoption. With my help, NCFA was able to raise $14,000 “to benefit vital NCFA programs that help find families for children who are waiting to be adopted.” Or is that programs that help adoption agencies harvest pregos who are waiting to give birth? Or is that programs that help find other people’s children for waiting middle-aged couples who feel entitled to them? I’m so confused Sadly, it seems that the mailman failed to deliver those 6,000,000 cards bastards sent thanking NCFA for protecting us from ourselves and our deviant histories. Thanks. Continue Reading →

TIME IS RUNNING OUT: PLACE YOUR NCFA BID NOW!

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You have only a few more hours to put in your bids for the National Council for Adoption’s Stay at Home Gala silent online auction. All proceeds will go to, in NCFA’s words, “help children find loving, permanent families!” I know for a fact that they are serious about this. Dr. Pierce once assured Bastardette that if she were left on his doorstep he would find her a permanent and loving home quickly. Unfortunately, his wife might object if it were theirs, but he’d contact the proper authorities at once and make sure she’d be settled with her forever family within hours of drop-off. Since this was back in the Bush years, I think I might have ended up in the White House challenging the Bush Twins to the real meaning of life: rearing a helpless rejected, potentially dumpserized, bastard of secret origins or falling down dead drunk at Toad’s. But enough of that! Place your bids now! While Bastardette is too busy to take the trip to Villa Bella Vita, she’s is never too busy to wear a diamond sapphire necklace. Feel free to bid in my name. Oh, and don’t worry about paying for it. As bastards you Continue Reading →

ARROGANT, INSENSITIVE, IMPOLITE: BRITISH PRESS TAKE ON MADONNA

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This is an addenda to today’s early entry on Madonna’s adoption catastrophe: Natalie Clarke at Daily Mail online has revised and greatly expanded theMail’s earlier article on Madonna’s adoption disaster which I cited in my blog earlier today. In the article entitled No Mercy for Madonna: Did the private jet, the Chateau Lafitte and the displays of obscene wealth turn a nation against her Clarke delivers a damning account of Madonna’s behavior and money squandering in Malawi this week amidst “adopted country’s” abject poverty (and her bizarre home rules). It’s a very long article which will enrage and disgust, even if you have nothing to do with adoption. If true, it’s gonna take more than Liz Rosenberg to spin this one. Here’s part of it: But then, Madonna’s arrogance has been on conspicuous display all week. Her wild extravagances in this desperately poor country are insensitive and really rather impolite. Three days ago, for example, Madonna went to Blantyre to see the orphanage where newborn Mercy was placed following the death of her mother. Blantyre is a three-hour drive from Lilongwe. Early Wednesday morning, a convoy of the singer’s staff set off from their luxury lodge for the scenic drive Continue Reading →

JUST IN TIME FOR MADONNA’S ADOPTION FIASCO …

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…comedian Sascha Baron Cohen has released the trailer of his new film Bruno. The trailer shows Borat’s s gay Austrian fashion journalist Bruno collecting OJ, his very own African orphan, out of a cardboard box on a airport baggage carousel. (about 1/20 into the video) Hmmmm. Anybody we know? Angelina’s got one,Madonna’s got one,now Bruno’s got one So you think Madonna will ever speak to her old friend again? Go to the link above for pictures and a story. The film opens July 10 For my latest Madonna blog look just below this entry. Here’s the trailer:

"DON’T EVER TAKE A FENCE DOWN UNTIL…": NO MERCY FOR MADONNA

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As I Twittered a little while ago, Madonna’s petition to adopt Mercy James was denied. Her lawyer Alan Chinulahas has filed an appeal. I haven’t found the complete text of Judge Esmie Chondo’s ruling online. The best coverage so far, though, comes from the Mail online, including pertinent quotes from the ruling: The court turned down the singer’s request for an interim adoption of a second child because she has not satisfied a requirement that prospective parents be resident in the country for 18 to 24 months. Madonna’s lawyer has said she would lodge an appeal. The judge noted that Madonna had jetted in just days prior to Monday’s hearing. This means the 50-year-old singer cannot take custody of Chifundo – whose name translates into English as Mercy – or leave the country with the child, usually the first formal step to granting a full adoption. Judge Chombo (right) said: ‘The issue of residence, I find, is the key upon which the question of adoption rests and it is the very bedrock of protection that our children need; it must therefore not be tampered with. ‘As wisely put by G K Chesterton: ‘Don’t ever take a fence down until you Continue Reading →