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 is a lifelong journey. It means different things to me at different times. Sometimes it is just a part of who I am. Other times it is something I am actively going through.

— Kelly DiBenedetto

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

— DaShanne Stokes

A role model is a person whose roles can be modelled. If the roles you conceive and give birth to today cannot be adopted by anyone in your absence, you are no good model.

— Israelmore Ayivor

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

— DaShanne Stokes

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

— DaShanne Stokes

But Nita had always seen having a child as selfish. Why bring another soul into this world, she'd say, when there are so many out there that need our help?

— Ramez Naam

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

— DaShanne Stokes

I'm glad you were both here," I finally manage, thinking how strange it is to be standing with the two people who made you, something most kids take for granted every day of their lives.

— Emily Giffin