Table of Contents
Abstract…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 2
Acknowledgements …………………………………………………………………………………………………. 3
Table of Contents ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 4
Introduction …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5
Chapter 1: The Birth of Modern Prenatal Care …………………………………………………………….. 9
Pathologizing Childbirth and the Rise of Obstetrics…………………………………………………… 12
Infant Welfare Movement and the Birth of Prenatal Care………………………………………….. 18
Eugenic Support of the Infant Welfare Movement……………………………………………………. 22
Chapter 2: Physician-centric Prenatal Care ………………………………………………………….. 28
Prenatal Care at the Intersection of Public Health and Medicine……………………………. 28
Towards a Physician-centric Prenatal Care…………………………………………………………. 34
Increasing the Supply and the Demand for Obstetricians……………………………………… 38
Chapter 3: Prenatal Care as a Eugenic Tool …………………………………………………….. 43
Race Betterment through Prenatal Care……………………………………………………….. 46
Preconceptional Care as a Negative Eugenic Tool………………………………………… 49
The Fall of Eugenics and the Rise of Neo-Eugenics………………………………………………. 53
Conclusion …………………………………………………………………………………………………. 55
Bibliography ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 61