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In the face of widespread discrimination against the disabled and a eugenic culture which pathologises disability and crushes diversity, comes a new book which radically challenges the status quo. Defiant Birth: Women Who Resist Medical Eugenics, tells the personal stories of women who have resisted medical eugenics - women who were told they shouldn't have babies because of perceived disability in themselves or because of some imperfection in the child. They have confronted the stigma of disability and in the face of silent disapproval and even open hostility, had their children anyway, in the belief that all life is valuable and that some are not more worthy of it than others.

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"""Though it was difficult for me to read, it was a testimony to strong women, who make their own choices and feel their lives are enriched because of having a 'defiant birth.' The book includes notes and a good index. I was inspired and I think you will be too."" --Elaine Butler, Support for Families of Children with Disabilities Newsletter ""An invaluable book."" --Nat Hentoff, columnist for United Media Newspaper Syndicate, the Village Voice and the Washington Times. ""This well-documented and compelling account of the pressures faced by women expecting disabled children calls for every child to be welcomed and loved, and deserves to be heeded by a very wide readership."" --Alison Davis, UK disability activist, author of From Where I Sit and founder of No Less Human."

Though it was difficult for me to read, it was a testimony to strong women, who make their own choices and feel their lives are enriched because of having a 'defiant birth.' The book includes notes and a good index. I was inspired and I think you will be too. --Elaine Butler, Support for Families of Children with Disabilities Newsletter An invaluable book. --Nat Hentoff, columnist for United Media Newspaper Syndicate, the Village Voice and the Washington Times. This well-documented and compelling account of the pressures faced by women expecting disabled children calls for every child to be welcomed and loved, and deserves to be heeded by a very wide readership. --Alison Davis, UK disability activist, author of From Where I Sit and founder of No Less Human.

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Melinda Tankard Reist is an author, speaker, media commentator, blogger and advocate for women and girls. She is best known for her work addressing sexualisation of girls, objectification of women, pornification of culture, sexual exploitation and trafficking and violence against women. Melinda is author/editor of five books with Spinifex Press. An opinion writer for a range of mainstream and online media (including ABC and SBS), Melinda is also a regular on morning television and has appeared on ABCs Q&A and The Gruen Sessions as well as many other TV and radio programs. Melinda is co-founder of the grassroots campaigning movement, Collective Shout: for a world free of exploitation, exposing corporations, advertisers and marketers who objectify women and sexualise girls to sell products and services. An ambassador for World Vision Australia, Compassion Australia and the Raise Foundation, Melinda is named in the Whos Who of Australian Women and the World Whos Who of Women.

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