TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Dead infants and unmarried women - from forensic pathology reports 1910-12
JO  - Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening
A1  - Alfsen, G. Cecilie
A1  - Hernæs, Lotte
SP  - 2493
EP  - 2497
VL  - 133
IS  - 23/24
N2  - 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>
LA  - no
SN  - 0029-2001
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.4045/tidsskr.13.0897
ID  - ref1
ER  -