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She was his property, as was their child. How would she survive in a world where she had no one to turn to besides her father, who would send her right back to her husband?
Mary’s baby had been born with anencephaly and spina bifida, but at the time, no scientific explanation had been available, and its deformity had been attributed to Mary’s scandalous religious views, which differed from the Puritan practices of the colony. The sad reality was that even centuries later, people born with deformities had been treated in much the same way.
“Throughout history, men blamed women for barrenness, birth defects, and developmental disabilities.
