Ceausescu's Children
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How Do You Feel So Lucky?
i think there is a preconception that mothers just left the babies on the doorstep, which we know isn't true. Often visits were not recorded, because if a visit wasn't recorded for three months, when the child could be declared abandoned and therefore adoptable. Women were incredibly oppressed. They had no ownership of their bodies. A lot of women in those times were working in factories,. There were ganicologists going in to do cheks to see if they were pregnant. The doctors were watched by members of secret police to make sure that nobody would lie. About ten thousand women died because of this. Do you know how manyor ons are in under the street, underground? Do
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