If the system were designed to protect adoptees, why do so many have to fight for their rights?

Discovering that I was adopted redefined my entire world, but it taught me that who you are doesn't change.

Adoptees deserve open records because deception and partial truths do not set us free.

Adoptee rights are everyone's rights, and they deserve to be protected.

Blood can help make family, but family often transcends blood.

Adoption isn't just a childhood experience, it's a life-long experience.

Being denied their original birth certificates isn't just a problem for adoptees. It's a social problem, requiring social change.

Laws forbidding adoptees from accessing their original birth certificates are outdated and need to be changed today.