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childbed

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as in lying-in

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Recent Examples of childbed After the violence of the childbed, women were then expected to perform domestic labor that was expressly gendered and acknowledged as backbreaking. — Time, 20 Jan. 2023

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confinement

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In May, they were convicted of first-degree murder, as well as additional charges of confinement, assault with a weapon and failing to provide the necessaries of life.

— Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
Prosecutors in the case argued the one-year sentence is not enough, saying he should have been committed to state prison and received a longer period of confinement.

— Anders Hagstrom, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026

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