[Contraception, abortion, and infanticide before modern vital registration].
"The author [investigated]...conscious limitations of fertility in the Czech Lands [during] the period before modern vital registration.  She used three main...sources of data:  the ecclesiastic literature..., medical literature and juridical literature."  The data show that people did practice birth control, abortion, and infanticide despite laws and church teachings to the contrary. (SUMMARY IN ENG)
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D000024:Abortion, Illegal; D000028:Abortion, Induced; D003267:Contraception; D003268:Contraception Behavior; D003415:Crime; D003604:Czechoslovakia; D019049:Developed Countries; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D005060:Europe; D005061:Europe, Eastern; D005193:Family Planning Services; D007237:Infanticide; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D011996:Records; D012067:Religion; D012940:Social Problems
Abortion Law; Abortion, Illegal; Abortion, Induced; Contraception; Contraceptive Prevalence; Contraceptive Usage--legal aspects; Crime; Czechoslovakia; Developed Countries; Eastern Europe; Europe; Family Planning; Fertility Control, Postconception; Historical Survey; Infanticide; Information; Information Processing; Records; Religion; Social Problems