Historians study sources to interpret the past. These sources are primary, secondary, and tertiary. The disciplinary methods and approaches to make sense of the facts from these sources help to change/continue historical themes and big ideas.

In other words, we get out how and why of what, where, who, and when. This thread is dedicated to thinking about/understanding the world history of reproductive rights. Now, I have an assumption about what most people are thinking in their minds or even out loud.

First off, it is impossible to write a complete world history. Second, reproductive history is too political a topic to be written about as a history. Third, we have a limited number of sources to select from about the issues this thread will embark on.

Since we have a limited number of sources from certain past periods, we are unable to think globally..

Fourth, this involves too much work to accomplish. We are dealing with a lot of content, many sources, a large secondary literature, and a hybridity of interdisciplinary/sub-discipline methods and approaches. Fifth, you are not a scholar or professor. We distrust you.

Sixth, you are not peer reviewed. Seventh, you have not contributed original analysis to the field/fields you are talking about. Eighth, your ideas/writing are unorganized and shoddy. Ninth, you make more than one assumption about us.

Tenth, Twitter is a popular forum rather than an academic forum. These are all serious and valid criticisms assumed. I hope to address and prove these claims through my idealistic effort to realistically think about the world history of reproductive rights.

The goals of this thread are as follows: Think about and analyze the past through the broad topic of women’s reproduction around the globe. Include noteworthy and relevant sources that highlight key events, trends, and categories. Discuss the relevant historiographies.