When Lucy was four months pregnant, she contracted German Measles. This can result in growth retardation, cataracts, rashes, deafness, and congenital heart and organ defects. In today’s society, abortion would have been an expected “cure.” The connection between German Measles and birth defects were not discovered until 1941. If little Nora had been aborted, thirty-seven people would not be alive today and seventeen mates would have different spouses.