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- catalog abstract "The passage of Measure 58 in Oregon in 1998 was a milestone in adoption reform. For the first time in U.S. history a grassroots initiative restored the legal right of adopted adults to request and receive their original birth certificates. Within a day after the law went into effect, nearly 2,400 adoptees had applied for these previously sealed records, elevating their right to know over a birth mothers right to privacy. E. Wayne Carp, a nationally respected authority on adoption history, now reveals the efforts of the radical adoptee rights organization Bastard Nation to pass this milestone initiative. He has written an intimate history of a passionately proposed and opposed initiative that has the potential to revolutionize the adoption reform movement nationwide. As Carp shows, Measure 58 was important because it framed the issue of adoption reform in terms of civil rights and equal protection of the law rather than in terms of psychological needs or medical necessity. The resulting law now gives adult adoptees access to birth certificates but it also allows birth mothers to indicate whether or not they wish to be contacted. Carp not only chronicles a milestone initiative and a model piece of legislation for other states to emulate, he also proposes a sensible way to cut the Gordian Knot that bedevils adoption reform today.".
- catalog contributor b13183241.
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-228) and index.".
- catalog description "The passage of Measure 58 in Oregon in 1998 was a milestone in adoption reform. For the first time in U.S. history a grassroots initiative restored the legal right of adopted adults to request and receive their original birth certificates. Within a day after the law went into effect, nearly 2,400 adoptees had applied for these previously sealed records, elevating their right to know over a birth mothers right to privacy. E. Wayne Carp, a nationally respected authority on adoption history, now reveals the efforts of the radical adoptee rights organization Bastard Nation to pass this milestone initiative. He has written an intimate history of a passionately proposed and opposed initiative that has the potential to revolutionize the adoption reform movement nationwide. As Carp shows, Measure 58 was important because it framed the issue of adoption reform in terms of civil rights and equal protection of the law rather than in terms of psychological needs or medical necessity. The resulting law now gives adult adoptees access to birth certificates but it also allows birth mothers to indicate whether or not they wish to be contacted. Carp not only chronicles a milestone initiative and a model piece of legislation for other states to emulate, he also proposes a sensible way to cut the Gordian Knot that bedevils adoption reform today.".
- catalog description "The problem -- New kid on the block -- A tale of two bastards -- Qualifying the initiative -- The rise of the opposition -- The bastards strike back -- The legislature strikes back -- "The land of noodle-heads" -- Victory.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 238 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Adoption politics.".
- catalog identifier "0700613056 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Adoption politics.".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lawrence : University Press of Kansas,".
- catalog relation "Adoption politics.".
- catalog spatial "Oregon.".
- catalog subject "362.734 22".
- catalog subject "Adoption Government policy Oregon.".
- catalog subject "Adoption Law and legislation Oregon.".
- catalog subject "Bastard Nation (Organization)".
- catalog subject "Birth certificates Political aspects Oregon.".
- catalog subject "HV875.56.O7 C37 2004".
- catalog subject "Referendum Oregon.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The problem -- New kid on the block -- A tale of two bastards -- Qualifying the initiative -- The rise of the opposition -- The bastards strike back -- The legislature strikes back -- "The land of noodle-heads" -- Victory.".
- catalog title "Adoption politics : Bastard Nation and ballot initiative 58 / E. Wayne Carp.".
- catalog type "text".