Gallery | Coalition for Truth and Transparency in Adoption

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"Transparency is seen as the antidote to corruption because secrecy is, if not its cause, then a necessary precondition."

- American Journalist Heather Brooke

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Advocates from the US Donor Conceived Council celebrate the near-unanimous bipartisan passage of landmark Colorado measure SB 22-224 with sponsor Senate President Steve Fenberg.

Adoptees and donor-conceived persons (DCPs) share common interests when it comes to learning about our origins. DCP Stacy(l) and adoptee Kristina(r) reach out to lawmakers at NCSL Denver 2022.

Birth/first mothers like CTTA board member Pat Taylor(l) play a vital role in educating lawmakers about what they were - and were not - "promised" at the time of relinquishment.

Bill sponsors David Weprin (NY) and Sara Feigenholtz (IL) visit the ARC/CTTA booth in Denver. Once legislators understand the history and facts behind the issues, laws restoring human rights and truth and transparency in adoption pass with strong bipartisan, if not unanimous support.

Filmmaker and Korean adoptee Glenn Morey, creator of the sidexside project, which collected 100 stories from Korean adoptees in 7 countries who speak 6 languages and live in 16 cities.

Florida-based advocates at NCSL Tampa.

Legislators learn about the variety of state laws regarding records access by spinning the Adoptee Wheel of Fortune or Misfortune. We were honored to have mom advocate Renee Gelin, founder of Saving our Sisters at the wheel.

Jenette Yamamoto and Janine Myung Ja with Hyung-jong Lee, South Korean Consul General.

Parents who lost their children to traffickers at an Against Child Trafficking media event.

Brazilian Rep. Henrique Arantes, who, upon learning about America's hodgepodge of state records access laws, commented, "This makes no sense! Why would a nation treat its adoptees in this way? In Brazil, we give them all the information we can."

Tennessee advocate Caprice East, who received a standing ovation from the state House of Representatives following passage of a records access bill, educates a state legislator and his wife about issues at the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) in Nashville.

Members of the advocacy team at NCSL Nashville.

What do an Iowa Republican and a Florida Democrat have in common? Both sponsored bills for Truth and Transparency in Adoption. Overwhelming "aye" votes in states from Oregon to Colorado to Alabama and Tennessee to Connecticut, New York and Maine demonstrate that this is not a partisan matter. It's a human issue.

Former Governor, now U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper (D) signing one of multiple bills passed unanimously in Colorado. Primary sponsor Lori Saine (R) and supporters, including birth/first parents, an adoptive mom of three who lobbied for the bills, adult adoptees and their descendants joined the ceremony.

Adoptee appellant Jeff Hannasch receives a non-certified copy of his original birth certificate from State Registrar Ron Hyman at the Adoption Search Resource Connection victory party following a landmark Court of Appeals ruling.

Victory celebration following the landmark Colorado Court of Appeals ruling.

Filmmakers and authors Jean Strauss ("Adopted: For the Life of Me" on PBS) and Anne Fessler ("The Girls Who Went Away" and "A Girl Like Her") together at a national conference.

Janine Myung Ja with Korean officials in Washington, D.C.

Janine Myung Ja, Ph.D. with South Korean Deputy Consul General and delegation.

Indiana advocates from HEAR and bill sponsors gather at the Capitol.

Former Governor and former Vice President of the United States Mike Pence signs Indiana's new law.

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