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cjgl-2367	Martin, Dianne L.	The Midwife’s Tale: Old Wisdom and a New Challenge to the Control of Reproduction	1992	32	.pdf	application/pdf	16181	662	51	Until the rise to dominance of the medical model, in Western society at least, from the earliest recorded times, the site of male control over reproduction has been the control of midwifery-first by the church and later by science and the state.55 That story is considered in this paper both because it illuminates the present, and because its telling and its historiography have helped to shape the contem- porary debate into one over who offers the best in scientific skill and expertise in reproductive health matters.56 The Church was the institutional organ that controlled midwives 52 Rothman, supra note 15, at 122; see also Helen Roberts, The Patient Patients: Women and Their Doctors (1985) (illustrating how the control of knowledge wields power over women, particularly when women are patients). The Midwife's Tale: Old Wisdom and a New Challenge to the Control of Reproduction THE MIDWIFE'S TALE: OLD WISDOM AND A NEW CHALLENGE TO THE CONTROL OF REPRODUCTION Dianne L. Martin* I. INTRODUCTION Reproductive rights for women remain elusive and contested.	cache/cjgl-2367.pdf	txt/cjgl-2367.txt