Risking Their Lives New Zealand Abortion Stories, 1900-1939 by Margaret Sparrow

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.

Publisher:	Te Herenga Waka University Press
Year:	2017
Binding:	Paperback
ISBN:	9781776561636
Condition:	Very Good

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SKU: 1587619
Location: NZ NF