Risking Their Lives: Nz Abortion Stories 1900-1939 by Sparrow, Margaret

Risking Their Lives: Nz Abortion Stories 1900-1939 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781776561636)

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Format: Paperback
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Risking Their Lives: Nz Abortion Stories 1900-1939 by Sparrow, Margaret

Risking Their Lives: Nz Abortion Stories 1900-1939

$29.95
Risking Their Lives: Nz Abortion Stories 1900-1939 by Sparrow, Margaret

Risking Their Lives: Nz Abortion Stories 1900-1939

$29.95
Format: Paperback
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Risking Their Lives is the third book in a series recording the history of abortion in New Zealand. In the early 20th century, abortion came to be recognized 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. Risking Their Lives features previously untold stories from the coroner's reports and newspaper reports of the day. The narrative is grim, but this is an honest retelling of our past.

Author: Margaret Sparrow
ISBN-10: 1776561635
ISBN-13: 9781776561636
Publisher: Victoria University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2018
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
By Margaret Sparrow
By Margaret Sparrow
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Dame Margaret Sparrow has an honorary doctorate from Victoria University, and is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. In 1987 she was awarded an MBE, in 1993 she received the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal and in 2002 was awarded the DCNZM for services to medicine and the community.

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