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Risking Their Lives 2017 - New Zealand Abortion Stories 1900-1939 (Paperback)
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Risking Their Lives 2017 - New Zealand Abortion Stories 1900-1939 (Paperback)
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Risking Their Lives is the third book in a series recording the
history of abortion in New Zealand. It fills the gap between
Abortion Then and Now: New Zealand Abortion Stories from 1940 to
1980 and Rough on Women: Abortion in 19th-Century New Zealand.
Abortion has always been a fraught political issue in New Zealand,
from the draconian laws of the 1860s, when most abortions were
illegal and clandestine and society's emphasis was on punishment,
to the turbulent abortion rights protests of the 1970s. In the
early years of the 20th century, abortion came to be recognised not
just as a crime but also as a major public health problem. In
response to an embarrassingly large number of deaths from septic
abortion, the government in 1936 appointed a Committee of Inquiry
to investigate the issues. This was a turning point in people's
attitudes to abortion and women's reproductive health in general.
Risking Their Lives features many previously untold stories
salvaged from the coroner's reports and newspaper reports of the
day. The narrative is grim, but this is an honest retelling of our
past, primarily letting the stories speak for themselves. As those
who fought to make abortion safer and easier for women grow older
and there are fewer people who remember what it used to be like,
such stories become increasingly important to ensure that history
does not repeat itself.
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