{"product_id":"defiant-birth-melinda-tankard-reist-9781925581911","title":"Defiant Birth","description":"The women in this book may be among the last to have babies without the medical stamp of approval. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Today's society demands physical perfection from all and regards medical and scientific technologies as saviours to be embraced whatever the cost. To have a child who has been diagnosed with a disability is deemed not just unnecessary, but careless and even immoral. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDefiant Birth\u003c\/i\u003e tells the courageous stories of women who continued their pregnancies despite intense pressure from doctors, family members and social expectations. These women were told they shouldn't have their babies because of a perceived imperfection in the child, or because their own disabilities do not fit within the parameters of what a mother should be. In the face of silent disapproval and open hostility, they have confronted the stigma of disability and had their children anyway. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Some of the writers tell of grave misdiagnosis, others of life-changing experiences, discovering the joy and love in children considered unworthy of life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Melinda Tankard Reist dares to expose how eugenics is practised today, and how it is condoned, even expected, by mainstream society. More than ever before, doctors are diagnosing babies in the womb as less than perfect. But what if the 'cure' they offer will end the child's life?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Melinda Tankard Reist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1925581918\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781925581911\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Spinifex Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/28\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.10d","brand":"Melinda Tankard Reist","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48445885153535,"sku":"9781925581911","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3d90584f-4443-48d9-bbec-9d0691b5c3a5.jpg?v=1777221290","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/defiant-birth-melinda-tankard-reist-9781925581911","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}