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Dangerous pregnancies : mothers, disabilities, and abortion in America /

This work tells the largely forgotten story of the German measles epidemic of the early 1960s and how it created national anxiety about dying, disabled, and "dangerous" babies. This epidemic would ultimately transform abortion politics, produce new science, and help build two of the most e...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Reagan, Leslie J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2010]
Subjects:
Rubella > United States > History.
Rubella in pregnancy > United States > History.
Abortion > United States > History.
Abnormalities, Human > United States > History.
Disability awareness > United States > History.
Rubella Syndrome, Congenital > history > United States.
Abortion, Induced > history > United States.
Congenital Abnormalities > history > United States.
History, 20th Century > United States.
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious > history > United States.
Rubella Syndrome, Congenital > epidemiology > United States.

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