Introduction: Rethinking the Criminalization of Childbirth: Infanticide in Premodern Europe and the Modern Americas

Sara McDougall; Felicity Turner

doi:10.1017/S0738248020000541

Introduction: Rethinking the Criminalization of Childbirth: Infanticide in Premodern Europe and the Modern Americas

Sara McDougall
, Felicity Turner

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City University of New York

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On October 2, 2020, a newborn infant girl was discovered in the trash in an airport bathroom in Doha, Qatar. There was a rush to secure the infant's life, which was successful. There was a rush, also, to find the infant's mother, an effort that involved subjecting several women to intrusive physical examinations to determine if they had recently given birth, leading, eventually, to international outcry.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	225-228
Number of pages	4
Journal	Law and History Review
Volume	39
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0738248020000541
State	Published - May 2021

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