Folk say this is about privacy but it is really about taboos. Without open records, this can happen:
"I was recently involved in a conversation with a High Court judge who was telling me of a case he had dealt with," Alton said during the Dec. 10 debate. "It involved the normal birth of twins who were separated at birth and adopted by separate parents. "They were never told that they were twins. They met later in life and felt an inevitable attraction, and the judge had to deal with the consequences of the marriage that they entered into and all the issues of their separation."Some would tell you it was none of their own business, that the privacy interest was only the mother's.
More on adoption records here.
Comments
David Janes - January 12, 2008 5:08 pm
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Alan - January 12, 2008 10:11 pm
[...right after your tin foil hat goes on your head...]
David Janes - January 13, 2008 7:58 am
It's fastened down with glue. How do you keep yours on?
Alan - January 13, 2008 9:16 am
carpet nails.
David Janes - January 13, 2008 11:34 am
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David Janes - January 15, 2008 4:13 pm
Did a pair of twins really get married by mistake?: Here's the thing: it all came from a single remark more than a month ago by the vehemently anti-abortion Roman Catholic peer and father of four, Lord Alton, in favour of all children having the right to know the identity of their biological parents.