Society & Culture
In Episode 4 of "Don't Mention It," we dive into the history or reproductive health in the United States with historian Dr. Lauren MacIvor Thompson. We talk about 19th and early 20th century reproductive health in the United States, how a lack of fundamental equality in the Constitution restricts our access to healthcare, sterilization, the Comstock Laws, "Twilight Sleep," and more. Note: Some audio issues occurred in the recording of this episode, you may notice audio level changes in the intro section. The view expressed by the host in Underestimated: A Podcast are those of the host, and are not those of anyone else, any other entity, any employer, or company. Show Notes: Books & Articles Jacqueline H. Wolf: Cesarean Section: An American History of Risk, Technology, and Consequencehttps://www.amazon.com/Cesarean-Section-American-Technology-Consequence/dp/1421425521 Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens: Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecologyhttps://www.amazon.com/Medical-Bondage-Origins-American-Gynecology/dp/0820351350 Kelly Suzanne O’Donnell: "Reproducing Jane: Abortion Stories and Women’s Political Histories," Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 43, no. 1 (Autumn 2017): 77-96.https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/692444 Trump “Gag Rule” Articles Katelyn Burns, Rewire News Trump Administration Releases Final Text of Domestic ‘Gag Rule’ Restriction on Title X https://rewire.news/article/2019/02/22/trump-administration-releases-final-text-of-domestic-gag-rule-restriction-on-title-x/ Ariana Eunjung Cha, National reporter for The Washington Post Trump administration bars clinics that provide abortions or abortion referrals from federal funding https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2019/02/22/trump-administration-bars-family-planning-clinics-that-provide-abortion-referrals-million-program/?utm_term=.2d222572522e Steve Benen, MSNBC for The Rachel Maddow Show, “Targeting abortion rights, Trump unveils ‘domestic gag rule’” http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/targeting-abortion-rights-trump-unveils-domestic-gag-rule Michelle Goldberg, Slate.com, Trump Didn’t Just Reinstate the Global Gag Rule. He Massively Expanded It. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2017/01/trumps-global-gag-rule-is-even-worse-than-it-seemed.html Steve Benen, MSNBC for The Rachel Maddow Show, Following women’s marches, Republicans target reproductive rights http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/following-womens-marches-republicans-target-reproductive-rights Sterilization Articles Hastings Women’s Law Journal "If They Hand You a Paper, You Sign It": A Call to End the Sterilization of Women in Prison https://www.prisonpolicy.org/scans/Roth_If_They_Hand_You_1_15_2015.pdf NPR California's Prison Sterilizations Reportedly Echo Eugenics Era https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/07/09/200444613/californias-prison-sterilizations-reportedly-echoes-eugenics-era “Twilight Sleep” Resources New York Times, 1915 Twilight Sleep Is Subject of a New Investigation https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/01/31/301777902.pdf Twilight Sleep – The Brutal Way Some Women Gave Birth In The 1900s https://www.bellybelly.com.au/birth/twilight-sleep/ “The Business of Being Born,” clip from documentary on Twilight Sleep https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzxs5qPsqX4 Additional video clip about Twilight Sleep “Twilight Sleep” offered the promise of painless birth—but at what cost? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiFRPx7d_eU Sarah Seltzer, Rewire.news “Twilight Sleep:” Is The Past Prologue for Today’s Debates Over Birthing Choices? https://rewire.news/article/2009/09/29/twilight-sleep-is-the-past-prologue-todays-debates-over-birthing-choices/ Henci Goer, The Journal of Perinatal Education Cruelty in Maternity Wards: Fifty Years Later https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2920649/ Lithotomy position https://www.google.com/search?q=lithotomy+position&oq=lithotomy+po&aqs=chrome.0.0j69i57j0l4.3574j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Black Women’s Maternal Health Article - Includes Data from CDC NPR Black Mothers Keep Dying After Giving Birth. Shalon Irving's Story Explains Why https://www.npr.org/2017/12/07/568948782/black-mothers-keep-dying-after-giving-birth-shalon-irvings-story-explains-why Sound Sources Harpstrum.wav - freesound.org https://freesound.org/people/adriann/sounds/149187/ Keeping Old Letters by Lee Rosevere is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/Living_With_Trauma/Lee_Rosevere_-_Living_With_Trauma_-_04_Keeping_Old_Letters Edited for podcast Somber Heart by Lee Rosevere is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/Living_With_Trauma/Lee_Rosevere_-_Living_With_Trauma_-_14_Somber_Heart Edited for podcast Everywhere by Lee Rosevere is licensed under a Attribution License. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/Music_For_Podcasts_5/Lee_Rosevere_-_Music_For_Podcasts_5_-_06_Everywhere Edited for podcast Untitled music box recording This work is licensed under the Attribution License. https://freesound.org/people/KAMARIN/sounds/417934/