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Description of  Enduring Shame: A Recent History of Unwed Pregnancy and Righteous Reproduction

A study of the rhetorical power of shame and its effect on reproductive politics Not long ago, unmarried pregnant women in the United States hid in maternity homes and relinquished their "illegitimate" children to more "deserving" two-parent familiesall to conceal "shameful" pregnancies. Although times have changed, reproductive politics remain fraught. In Read more