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Adoptee Rights Quotes

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“Laws forbidding adoptees from accessing their original birth certificates are outdated and need to be changed today.”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

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

Rudy Owens
“Most Michigan residents can get a copy of their birth certificates within weeks by simply placing an order online.

But for Detroit native Rudy Owens, attempts to obtain his birth records took decades of legal battles.

Why? Because he is an adoptee.

Owens is the author of a new book You Don’t Know How Lucky You are: An Adoptee’s Journey Through the American Adoption Experience.

(From, Michigan Radio, Stateside, June 11, 2018)”
Rudy Owens

Alicia Kay Lanier
“Whatever the Struggle/Continue the Climb/It May Be Only One Step to the Summit”
Alicia Kay Lanier, My Unspeakable Loss: A Birthmother's Memoir About Adoption Secrecy