Word: pregnants
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...shall be abolished." Marriages in the future were to be arranged only "by the parties concerned ... of their own free will," said the new law. It also promised economic freedom and equality for all women, divorces "issued without delay" at the request of either party (except the husbands of pregnant women), an end to discrimination against bastardy, and the protection of illegitimate children. Just to make everything absolutely clear, the law stated specifically in Article XIII: "It is strictly forbidden to drown newborn babies...
...year. This not only means extra mouths to feed, it means taking time off to feed them. In one Shanghai textile mill alone 7,000 men and women workers produced exactly 7,000 children during the seven years of the law. In another factory, 17% of the women got pregnant twice within one year...
...year after his enthronement, young Mohammed made his first trip abroad, came back resolved that he must liberate himself from the prison of Koranic tradition, adopt those European ways that would not conflict with what was essential in the Moslem code. When his wife first became pregnant, he went to Paris to bring back a crib, diapers, sterilized bottles, baby scales and a French midwife, explaining: "I want my son's umbilical cord cut in the 20th century manner...
...Lilly & Co., which made two-thirds of all vaccine previously used, is only now getting all its virus pots cooking again. Other manufacturers are in similar plight. Surgeon General Leroy Burney of the U.S. Public Health Service suggested limiting shots to the under-20 age group, plus pregnant women, until the shortage eased. This would cut the number of unvaccinated eligibles to 23 million. But most city and county health departments could not meet even this goal: from Massachusetts to Illinois, Colorado and California, would-be vaccinees were all set to roll up their sleeves only to be told, "Sorry...
TEHRAN, Iran, April 7--Patrols hunting the dwindling gang of bandit chief Dadshah for the massacre of three Americans have found his pregnant third wife dead on the trail, apparently sacrificed to speed the flight...