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Though Twilight Sleep fell in popularity, it was still available. In 1958, however, an article called "Cruelty in Maternity Wards" by ''Ladies Home Journal'' exposed some of the violence that was occurring in modern American delivery rooms. The author described the leather restraints and screaming that the women under the influence had no memory of. Some have described this as an important moment in the history of childbirth, as it was, after this encouraged for fathers to be present at deliveries where they had been absent before. This was also true for the women. When they were administered this particular drug cocktail, they, too, were absent from the childbirth experience.
This image of restrained women during childbirth--a natural process--, especially at the hands of predominantly male physicians , did not bode well with the forthcoming Women's Rights Movement. Subsequent pharmaceutical innovations have found a way to minimize the pain of childbirth while also allowing women to be present to welcome the birth of their new child. ====References====<references/>
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*Stella Lehr, "A Possible Explanation of the Conflicting Reports on Twilight Sleep.” ''California State Journal of Medicine'' 8 (1915): 220–22.
*Judith Pence Rooks, ''[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1566397111/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1566397111&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=31e4e545616440657c0baf3f990d11d8 Midwifery and Childbirth in America]''. *Mark Sloan, ''[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0692220216/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0692220216&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=914784c1ec1e56c11ee8c2eda39d9ec5 Birth Day: A Pediatrician Explores the Science, the History, and the Wonder of Childbirth].''*Paul Starr, ''[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465093027/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0465093027&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=ae420b83fe47a08ce8d6de844dbeca6f The Social Transformation of American Medicine].''.
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