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

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Dangerous Pregnancies 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 o...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Reagan, Leslie J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2010.
Series:ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Subjects:
Abnormalities, Human > United States > History.
Abortion > United States > History.
Disability awareness > United States > History.
Rubella in pregnancy > United States > History.
Rubella > United States > History.
Rubella.
Abortion
Rubella
Sensibilisation à la situation des personnes handicapées > États-Unis > Histoire.
Rubéole chez la femme enceinte > États-Unis > Histoire.
Rubéole > États-Unis > Histoire.
Rubéole.
MEDICAL > Forensic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
HISTORY > United States > General.
Abnormalities, Human.
Abortion.
Disability awareness.
Rubella in pregnancy.
United States
United States.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: Epidemics, Reproduction, and the Fear of Maternal Marking; ONE: Observing Bodies; TWO: Specter of Tragedy; THREE: Wrongful Information; FOUR: Law Making and Law Breaking in an Epidemic; FIVE: "If Unborn Babies Are Going to Be Protected"; EPILOGUE: From Anxiety to Rights; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.

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