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Advocating for Change in Utah’s Adoption Landscape

Join Utah Adoption Rights co-founders Ashley Mitchell and Kelsey Vander Vliet Ranyard for an informative workshop on the ongoing crisis of Utah's private adoption practices. This session will unpack how “adoption tourism,” financial incentives, and weak safeguards in the law create conditions that advocates say blur the line between adoption and exploitation, and why Utah has been called the “wild west” of adoption. Join us to learn about Utah Adoption Rights’ organizing and storytelling work, key provisions in the forthcoming adoption amendments bill, what to watch in the upcoming legislative session, and how recent media coverage is shaping the push for meaningful reform.

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