Dangerous pregnancies : mothers, disabilities, and abortion in modern America / Leslie J. Reagan.

  • Reagan, Leslie J.
Date:
[2010], ©2010
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Publication/Creation

Berkeley ; London : University of California Press, [2010], ©2010.

Physical description

xv, 372 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Contributors

Contents

Introduction : Epidemics, reproduction, and the fear of maternal marking -- Observing bodies -- Specter of tragedy -- Wrongful information -- Law making and law breaking in an epidemic -- "If unborn babies are going to be protected" -- Epilogue : from anxiety to rights.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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    History of Medicine
    UND.6
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ISBN

  • 9780520259034
  • 0520259033