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Thalidomide babies
In a time without scans or antenatal tests, neither medical staff nor parents were prepared for the damage to the foetus caused by the thalidomide drug.
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Having children as a fat woman
When she sought fertility advice, and at antenatal appointments, Ellie Levenson found that medics were openly anti-fat. Only years later can she evaluate the true repercussions of their words and actions.
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Hormone and enzyme testing in pregnancy.
Date: 1979- Ephemera
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One of the principal routes of transmission of HIV is from a woman with HIV to her baby during pregnancy, birth or breast feeding : 3% of all women attending antenatal clinics in Mumbai (Bombay) are testing HIV positive / NPL, The Naz Project, an HIV/AIDS service for the South Asian, Middle Eastern & North African communities.
Date: [between 1995 and 2000?]- Archives and manuscripts
Co-ord policy and bills relating to amniocentesis testing and abortion for foetal anomaly
Date: 1978-1988Reference: SA/CCD/G/5Part of: CO-ORD: Co-ordinating Campaign for the Defence of the 1967 Abortion Act- Digital Images
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Foetal cells from amniotic fluid in culture
Wessex Reg. Genetics Centre- Digital Images
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Foetal cells from amniotic fluid, colchicine
Wessex Reg. Genetics Centre