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Introduction: Rethinking the Criminalization of Childbirth: Infanticide in Premodern Europe and the Modern Americas
Law and History Review
  • Sara McDougall, John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the City University of New York
  • Felicity M. Turner, Georgia Southern University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-1-2021
DOI
10.1017/S0738248020000541
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Abstract

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.

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Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the American Society for Legal History

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Sara McDougall and Felicity M. Turner. "Introduction: Rethinking the Criminalization of Childbirth: Infanticide in Premodern Europe and the Modern Americas" Law and History Review Vol. 39 Iss. 2 (2021) p. 225 - 228 ISSN: 1939-9022
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/felicity-turner/3/