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Kluchin, Rebecca M.

Fit to be tied sterilization and reproductive rights in America, 1950-1980 / [electronic resource] : Rebecca M. Kluchin. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2009. - xi, 269 p. - Critical issues in health and medicine . - Critical issues in health and medicine. .

Rev. ed. of thesis: Fit to be tied? : sterilization and reproductive rights in America, 1960-1984 / by Rebecca M. Kluchin. c2004.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-262) and index.

From eugenics to neo-eugenics -- "Fit" women and reproductive choice -- Sterilizing "unfit" women -- "Fit" women fight back -- "Unfit" women fight too -- Irreconcilable conflicts -- The endurance of neo-eugenics.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
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Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: DNLM

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Sterilization (Birth control)--History--United States--20th century.
Birth control--Government policy--History--United States--20th century.
Reproductive rights--History--United States--20th century.

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HQ766.5.U5 / K55 2009eb

Dewey Class. No.: 363.9/7