Vaccines and Preventable Childhood Illnesses: Polio, Measles, and Rubella
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Rashes to Research WebsiteDuring the rubella epidemic that raged in 1964 and 1965, 20,000 children were born with serious heart, hearing, and vision problems related to rubella exposure during pregnancy. Tens of thousands more families lost or terminated their pregnancies.
Increasingly aware of the risks associated with rubella exposure, thanks to coverage in popular media, American women requested more control over their pregnancies and access to all their pregnancy options—including therapeutic abortion.
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