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Marley Greiner
Marley Greiner has been writing for the Free Press since 1980. She is co-founder and Executive Chair of Bastard Nation: The Adoptee Rights Organization. (a href=http://www.bastards.com>Bastards) She blogs The Daily Bastardette (Blog)
Marley (Betsy) Greiner is on the board of the Columbus Institute for Contemporary Journalism and has written for the Free Press since 1980. She is co-founder and Executive Chair of Bastard Nation: The Adoptee Rights Organization and blogs The Daily Bastardette http://dailybastardeette.com.
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Framed in Bigotry and Discrimination: A Brief Look at Trump’s Plan to Strengthen the Child Welfare System
On June 24, Donald Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) under the title, Strengthening the Child Welfare System for America’s Children.Except for those whom the EO affects, it has already been stuffed down the Trump memory hole. It is, however, an important document with negative far-reaching…
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The Ohio “Heartbeat Bill” and Adoption Mania at the Statehouse
A few weeks ago, Ohio became the sixth state to pass a so-called “Heartbeat Bill” that prohibits abortion after a “fetal heartbeat” can be heard–around the sixth week of pregnancy when most women don’t even know yet they are pregnant.
Ohio’s “Heartbeat Bill” has been covered extensively, and I don’…
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Forced birth, ectopic transplants, and misogyny: Where crank science meets crank politicians in Ohio
OMG! Ohio Rep. John Becker (R-Clermont County)is even dumber than I thought. In fact, he has just grabbed the dumber-than-a-doorknob title held for the last few years by former Rep. Jim Buchy who once told Al Jazeera he couldn’t figure out why someone would want an abortion.
Becker is the…
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Ohio Right to Life's Infant Adoption Reform Bill: Threatens birthparent rights, doles out tax credits
Recently Ohio Right to Life brought a bill to the Ohio General Assembly that would change substantially the way adoptions are done in the state.
HB 307, known as the Infant Adoption Reform Bill, shortens the time that an adoption in Ohio can be challenged post-finalization, decreases the time…