Aug 9, 2016 · It was an epidemic that helped legalize abortion, the very right Rubio fights against. Rubella, or German measles, hit American soil with a vengeance between 1963 and 1965. An …

Leslie J. Reagan’s Dangerous Pregnancies tells the fascinating story of how the German measles (rubella) epidemic in the US in the 1960s set the terms of the both the contemporary abortion …

Feb 2, 2015 · A group of doctors defied the law to terminate the pregnancies of women exposed to rubella, stoking the already contentious abortion debate.

Williams Obstetrics, the standard medical textbook, advised doctors that therapeutic abortion was “justifiable” in such cases if the pregnant woman and her husband decided upon it. German …

Rubella, also called German measles, is a disease we hardly remember anymore, but it’s the “R” in the MMR vaccine. Though the virus is relatively harmless for most people, when contracted …

Mar 1, 2011 · Leslie J. Reagan’s Dangerous Pregnancies tells the fascinating story of how the German measles (rubella) epidemic in the US in the 1960s set the terms of the both the …

Dangerous Pregnancies tells the largely forgotten story of the German measles epidemic of the early 1960s and how it created national anxiety about dying, disabled, and “dangerous” …

Aware of the disease's effects, thousands of pregnant women who contracted German measles avidly sought abortions. Yet, as many learned in the 1950s and 1960s, the decision to carry a …

Women were “entitled” to therapeutic abortion when they contracted German measles in early pregnancy, according to one popular magazine; it was “justifiable” if the pregnant woman and …

Jul 20, 2010 · Dangerous Pregnancies tells the largely forgotten story of the German measles epidemic of the early 1960s and how it created national anxiety about dying, disabled, and …