Abortion and Black Women's Health Networks in South Carolina, 1940–70.

This article investigates criminal abortions in South Carolina from 1940 to 1970. This research reveals an increased regulation of Black women's bodies and heightened reporting on Black women's criminal offenses, especially abortion, from the 1940s through the 1960s. It also, however, demonstrates t...

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Published in:	Gender & History Vol. 32; no. 3; pp. 637 - 657
Main Authors:	Ware, Madeleine, Delay, Cara, Sundstrom, Beth
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Oct2020
Subjects:	History of Black women South Carolina state history Women's health Abortion African American women Criminal justice system Attitudes toward abortion United States
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost