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FailureToCommunicate

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13. Good overview, especially the later attempts to weaken abortion rights, but it leaves out any

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Tue Jun 28, 2016, 02:37 PM

Jun 2016

mention of the background and context of the role of the German measles (rubella) and thalidomide crisis that softened public attitude in favor of the need for abortion rights...

The spotlight on the Zika virus has brought some of that history to light again:

"The United States suffered an outbreak of rubella in 1958, but it wasn’t until after the thalidomide disaster in the early 1960s—when a drug given to pregnant women caused severe birth defects—that Americans really began to fear the effects of rubella. During a 1964-65 rubella epidemic, U.S. public officials actively warned women of the danger of becoming infected, says Leslie J. Reagan, author of Dangerous Pregnancies: Mothers, Disabilities, and Abortion in Modern America."

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/02/160205-zika-virus-rubella-abortion-brazil-birth-control-womens-health-history/

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History of Abortion in the U.S. [View all] niyad Jun 2016 OP

Having read Roe v Wade for a college course, it was quite interesting what it was about uppityperson Jun 2016 #1

indeed niyad Jun 2016 #2

I always thought there was some of that in the argument... Wounded Bear Jun 2016 #19

Even wealthy women couldn't always obtain safe procedures REP Jun 2016 #24

Marking for later read. History of abortion. underpants Jun 2016 #3

read the american med assoc one as well. niyad Jun 2016 #4

K&R Solly Mack Jun 2016 #5

Thank you for sharing this. So important. lapislzi Jun 2016 #6

blushing here, and thank you. right back to you!! niyad Jun 2016 #9

K&R for history, and the truth that it's all about control. Brickbat Jun 2016 #7

A few months ago... Orrex Jun 2016 #8

thank you for linking to that piece. niyad Jun 2016 #10

Pound for pound it was the best pro-choice argument I've ever heard (nt) Orrex Jun 2016 #11

I love katha pollitt niyad Jun 2016 #12

Good overview, especially the later attempts to weaken abortion rights, but it leaves out any FailureToCommunicate Jun 2016 #13

thank you for that additional, and valuable, information. niyad Jun 2016 #14

De nada FailureToCommunicate Jun 2016 #17

the history of abortion in this country is most interesting. niyad Jun 2016 #18

Just downloaded this the other day, kiva Jun 2016 #15

thank you so much. apparently, it is pissing off the woman-hating gestational slavers, so niyad Jun 2016 #16

K&R! The first edition of that book was given to all female freshmen at my college. Rhiannon12866 Jun 2016 #20

The connection between banning abortion and eugenics is one of those dirty little secrets... Odin2005 Jun 2016 #21

well, it never occurs to the anti-intelligentsia that some of us actually know how to read, niyad Jun 2016 #22

. . . . niyad Jun 2016 #23

This ismnotwasm Jun 2016 #25

I hope so, as well. niyad Jun 2016 #26

Husband's Aunt had a "Therapeutic Abortion" in NYC HockeyMom Jun 2016 #27

I am glad that she was able to get one, though. niyad Jun 2016 #28

Interesting topic - a theory was floated about missing socialite Dorothy Arnold, closeupready Jun 2016 #29

In 1880, abortions were septic and a lot of women were dying Warpy Jun 2016 #30

oh, they understand. but women have to be kept under control. niyad Jun 2016 #31