Introduction: Rethinking the Criminalization of Childbirth: Infanticide in Premodern Europe and the Modern Americas
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
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the American Society for Legal History
