@article{ref1,
title="Dead infants and unmarried women - from forensic pathology reports 1910-12",
journal="Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening",
year="2013",
author="Alfsen, G. Cecilie and Hernæs, Lotte",
volume="133",
number="23/24",
pages="2493-2497",
abstract="The lack of access to contraceptives and poor control over their own pregnancies represented a major problem for women 100 years ago. An unwanted pregnancy could lead to social exclusion and loss of paid work, and clandestine births and infanticide thus posed a social problem. A review of the archives of the Norwegian Board of Forensic Medicine in the period 1910 to 1912 shows that one-fifth of all expert opinions were related to infants and pregnancy.Autopsies performed on children constituted over one-third of all forensic autopsies during this period. Although the reports provide a timely reminder of the value of hard-earned rights in Norway, the lack of control over their own sexuality and unwanted pregnancies are unfortunately still the reality for a large proportion of the world's women.<p /> <p>Language: no</p>",
language="no",
issn="0029-2001",
doi="10.4045/tidsskr.13.0897",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.4045/tidsskr.13.0897"
}