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

— DaShanne Stokes

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

— DaShanne Stokes

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

— DaShanne Stokes

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

— DaShanne Stokes

Laws forbidding adoptees from accessing their original birth certificates are outdated and need to be changed today.

— DaShanne Stokes