Showcase Adoptee/Women's Rights Crossover: Educate policymakers on the intersectionality of adoptee rights bills with women's rights, emphasizing how keeping a discriminatory policy in place against adult adopted persons in the name of “protecting birthmothers” actually perpetuates the demeaning stereotype that as women who lost children to adoption, they are weak and less than competent adults who need state protection to handle their most basic affairs. It is far from the truth to believe birthmothers are actually protected in any way when we deny an adopted person access to their original birth certificate. All it actually does is reinforce the misogyny they experienced as women who were shunned and shamed for becoming pregnant out-of-wedlock in a more conservative society. Read more