Adoption Politics: Bastard Nation and Ballot Initiative 58

by E. Wayne Carp

Book Overview

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 mother's right to privacy. E. Wayne Carp, a nationally...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700613056
• ISBN13: 9780700613052
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.5"