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It's been a long time ago, now, but in a former life I was an archives assistant in a MAJOR medical school. We had a collection of ephemeral work from the 20th century, all parts of it, which I indexed. Every now and then, I'd actually read the pamphlet if the subject was of interest to me. I specifically remember a pamphlet article refering to the problem of "Psychick" in relation to women killing their unborn children in Moscow. The date on the pamphlet, if memory serves, was 1930. There were no details other than refering to it as a "problem". There was a picture of the outside of a clinic. I can remember being disturbed reading it. Being about the only pro-lifer in the library, it was hard to keep my mouth shut, too. It seemed that the whole subject was just brushed aside, like these women shouldn't have feelings.

I don't remember ever really pursuing the topic later. Once, though, in the stacks I came across something called the Journal of Eugenics. Scary stuff in there. I'm pretty sure Margaret Sanger was an editor. I doubt she had any feelings.