Introduction: Rethinking the Criminalization of Childbirth: Infanticide in Premodern Europe and the Modern Americas

Authors

• Sara McDougall, John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the City University of New YorkFollow
• Felicity M. Turner, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-2021

Publication Title

Law and History Review

DOI

10.1017/S0738248020000541

ISSN

1939-9022

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.

Recommended Citation

McDougall, Sara, Felicity M. Turner. 2021. "Introduction: Rethinking the Criminalization of Childbirth: Infanticide in Premodern Europe and the Modern Americas." Law and History Review, 39 (2): 225-228: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/S0738248020000541 source: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/law-and-history-review/article/introduction-rethinking-the-criminalization-of-childbirth-infanticide-in-premodern-europe-and-the-modern-americas/3A55BBF7792449C8B25C4581920403B5
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/history-facpubs/129

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