Word: normalized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...quickly returned the babies to their correct mothers. But the women were worried. One complained that the baby given her did not look familiar, while the caesarean baby's mother said that the baby she now had could not have been hers because it had marks indicating a normal birth. A doctor agreed, and there was a third switch...
While Dr. Steptoe may be applauded in scientific circles for his work in helping Mrs. Brown achieve pregnancy and normal delivery, his performing multiple abortions-that is, destroying pregnancy and life-takes much of the glamour from his achievement...
...turning the birth of their child into a media event, the Browns have most probably guaranteed that their child, whom they so desperately wanted, will never have a chance at a normal childhood or even adulthood. They have degraded and institutionalized the child, and for that act, not for their act of medically assisted birth, the Browns should be viewed as symbols of the degeneration of Western morals...
...press conference, Steptoe explained that the baby was delivered early by caesarean section because Lesley Brown had developed toxemia, a disorder of pregnancy usually associated with hypertension that can lead to stillbirth. The delivery was uneventful. Said Steptoe of Louise: "She came out crying her head off . . . a beautiful, normal baby...
...John Brown, "we're just going to go home and try to slide back into our own world . . . we don't want a newfangled life." Whether that will be possible is another question. Asked by reporters if the world's first test-tube baby could expect to lead a normal life, Edwards replied: "That depends...