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

— DaShanne Stokes

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

— DaShanne Stokes

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

— DaShanne Stokes

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

— DaShanne Stokes

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

— DaShanne Stokes

It's illegal to deny people their records due to race or gender. Adopters deserve the same rights and protections.

— DaShanne Stokes

Laws forbidding adopters from accessing their original birth certificates are outdated and need to be changed today.

— DaShanne Stokes

People think that LGBTs adopting children will hurt them, but it's not being in loving homes that hurts children most.

— DaShanne Stokes

What matters most is not 'what' you are, but 'who' you are.

— DaShanne Stokes