Responses To Secrecy Provisions
As many adoptees and birth families were curious about one another, various attempts were made to work around these provisions. Two common approaches were contributing to passive registries and initiating active searches.
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Famous quotes containing the words responses to, responses, secrecy and/or provisions:
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—Susan Sontag (b. 1933)
“Cruelty has a Human Heart,
And jealousy a Human Face;
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—William Blake (1757–1827)
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—James Madison (1751–1836)