Engelsk titel: Dead infants and unmarried women - from forensic pathology reports 1910-12
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Författare:
Alfsen, G Cecilie
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Hernaes, Lotte
Email: cecilie.alfsen@medisin.uio.no
Språk: Nor
Antal referenser: 23
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Artikel
UI-nummer: 14017412
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SUMMARY The lack of access to contraceptives and no control over their own pregnancies represented a major problem for women 100 years ago. An unwanted pregnancy could lead to social exclusion and loss of paid work, and clandestine births and infanticide thus posed a social problem. A review of the archives of the Norwegian Board of Forensic Medicine in the period 1910 to 1912 shows that one-fifth of all expert opinions were related to infants and pregnancies. Autopsies performed on children constituted over one-third of all forensic autopsies during this period. Although the reports provide a timely reminder of the value of hard-earned rights in Norway, the lack of control over their own sexuality and unwanted pregnancies are unfortunately still the reality for a large proportion of the world’s women.