04852nam 2201117Ia 450 991081889260332120240516165619.01-280-67830-597866136552330-520-94500-X10.1525/9780520945005(CKB)2670000000203729(EBL)923469(OCoLC)794663826(SSID)ssj0000655196(PQKBManifestationID)11940439(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000655196(PQKBWorkID)10595826(PQKB)10147918(MiAaPQ)EBC923469(DE-B1597)520605(OCoLC)797815231(DE-B1597)9780520945005(Au-PeEL)EBL923469(CaPaEBR)ebr10568996(CaONFJC)MIL365523(dli)HEB33880(MiU) MIU01100000000000000001074(EXLCZ)99267000000020372920090731d2010 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrDangerous pregnancies mothers, disabilities, and abortion in modern America /Leslie J. Reagan1st ed.Berkeley University of California Pressc20101 online resource (390 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-25903-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --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 --IndexDangerous Pregnancies tells the largely forgotten story of the German measles epidemic of the early 1960's 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.Mothers, disabilities, and abortion in modern AmericaAbnormalities, HumanUnited StatesHistoryAbortionUnited StatesHistoryDisability awarenessUnited StatesHistoryRubella in pregnancyUnited StatesHistoryRubellaUnited StatesHistory20th century american culture.20th century american medical history.abortion politics.abortion.children with disabilities.courtroom testimony.dangerous babies.disability rights movement.disability.disabled babies.disease.doctor.dying babies.family.german measles epidemic.german measles.health.infant deaths.medicine.miscarriages.motherhood.mothers.national anxiety.newborn babies.parenthood.pregnancy.pregnant women.reproductive rights movement.rubella.science.serious birth defects.social movements.Abnormalities, HumanHistory.AbortionHistory.Disability awarenessHistory.Rubella in pregnancyHistory.RubellaHistory.614.5/240973Reagan Leslie J1018122MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818892603321Dangerous pregnancies4065500UNINA