Abstract
As war-time emergencies swept the country, the family planning crusade virtually collapsed. This produced a social paradox of the first order which held back the development of state services for the next twenty years.
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Leathard, A. (1980). The War: 1939–45. In: The Fight for Family Planning. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-04451-1_9
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