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Standing Up for International Adoptees’ Rights
Anna Sarkitova Anna Sarkitova

Standing Up for International Adoptees’ Rights

This isn’t just an issue of legal oversight—it’s a betrayal of trust. Intercounty adoptees were promised family, stability, and security. Instead, they’ve faced the harsh reality that their place in the U.S. was never guaranteed. They were told they were “one of us,” only to discover that they were excluded from the very protections and rights granted to those born here.

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Michigan Adoptees Advocate Against House Joint Resolution B and the SAVE Act
Valerie Lemieux Valerie Lemieux

Michigan Adoptees Advocate Against House Joint Resolution B and the SAVE Act

Michigan Adoptees Advocate Against House Joint Resolution B and the SAVE Act. Michigan Adoptees have been actively speaking out against HJR B and the SAVE Act because these initiatives will disproportionately impact adopted people in our state and country and if enacted, Michigan adoptees, in particular Intercountry adoptees, will be disenfranchised from being able to vote…a right we can’t afford to lose.

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