Adopt Quote by 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

“A change in paperwork [birth certificate] can't erase words stamped on the human heart.”

— Charles Martin

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

— DaShanne Stokes

A full accounting of adoption as an option would not underestimate its emotional challenges - the grief and loss for birth mothers, the uncertainties…

— Nina Easton

Who is going to cast out an error to which he has given birth and replace it with an adopted truth?

— Karl Kraus

“Dating a wo/man with a child is adoption … without the paperwork.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I say to everybody, 'Adoption is not for the faint of heart.'

— Mariska Hargitay

You know, I think there was a point in time when people didn't really understand how birth certificates were kept in the state of…

— Jan Brewer

A certificate of live birth is not the same thing by any stretch of the imagination as a birth certificate.

— Donald Trump

“They will grow up knowing that they should be only proud about being adopted. I will consider it a parental failure if our daughters…

— Scott Simon

Donald Trump brought up the issue of the birth certificate and it's getting huge buzz around the country. Even Chris Matthews has called for,…

— Sean Hannity

I think it is very unfortunate that there is a ban on adoptions in Russia.

— Oksana Masters