Word: parenthood
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...those who fear that analgesia in childbirth is inconsistent with the biblical "In sorrow shalt thou bring forth children." Painkilling in labor, said the Pontiff, is an honest, moral endeavor, "so long as no danger ... results for either mother or infant, and so long as the tender sentiments of parenthood are neither diminished nor destroyed...
...family of whom the head is Christ and the Father in Heaven." The term "first" was used in lieu of a last name since "the earthly father is totally discounted." After christening, the earthly mother renounced her maternal ties (as will future mothers), turned Gabriel over to the joint parenthood of the 75 community members...
...professor also went on the record as favoring birth control, planned parenthood, and certain instances of artificial insemination, provided it was not carried to extremes...
...raided by police and the doctors arrested. The Supreme Court of the Commonwealth upheld the police action followed by the closing of all the clinics. Thus Massachusetts became one of the two states in the Union where contraceptive advice is outlawed. In 1942 a bill sponsored by the Planned Parenthood League was introduced into the Legislature. Defeated there, it was placed before the voters as a referendum and turned down...
...sure who the winners will be is Mrs. Mary Lasker, vice president and dynamo behind the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation. Mrs. Lasker puts up the cash, but the winners are picked by three organizations: the American Public Health Association, the National Committee for Mental Hygiene, the Planned Parenthood Federation...