Dangerous Pregnancies - Mothers, Disabilities, and Abortion in Modern America (Paperback)

"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 of the most enduring social movements of the late twentieth century - the reproductive rights and the disability rights movements. At most a minor rash and fever for women, German measles (also known as rubella), if contracted during pregnancy, could result in miscarriages, infant deaths, and serious birth defects in the newborn. Award-winning writer Leslie J. Reagan chronicles for the first time the discoveries and dilemmas of this disease in a book full of intimate stories -including riveting courtroom testimony, secret investigations of women and doctors for abortion, and startling media portraits of children with disabilities. In exploring a disease that changed America, Dangerous Pregnancies powerfully illuminates social movements that still shape individual lives, pregnancy, medicine, law, and politics.

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2012
First published:	July 2012
Authors:	Leslie J. Reagan
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	392
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-27457-0
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Forensic medicine Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > Epidemiology & medical statistics Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Ethical issues & debates > Abortion Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Diseases & disorders > Infectious & contagious diseases > General Books > History > American history > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
LSN:	0-520-27457-1
Barcode:	9780520274570

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