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January 1985 Issue
January 1985 Cover
This magazine has been fully digitized as a part of The Atlantic's archive. Each article originally printed in this magazine is available here, complete and unedited from the historical print. Read more from this magazine, or explore the full archive.
  • Destiny
    Louise Erdrich
  • Postscript to the Name of the Rose
    Phoebe-Lou Adams
  • George Segal
    Phoebe-Lou Adams
  • Murder at the Big Store
    Phoebe-Lou Adams
  • The Conquest of the Sahara
    Phoebe-Lou Adams
  • Ivy
    Phoebe-Lou Adams

The Awful Privacy of Baby Doe

Should infants born with treatable or manageable handicaps be “allowed” to die? One civil libertarian says no

By Nat Hentoff
January 1985 Issue
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