In the 1930s there was a reliable and accurate way to find out if you were pregnant or not. But you had to kill a rabbit.
JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Similar tests used mice, toads, or frogs. In fact, the latter test (using the Xenopus frog) was so popular that frogs became a hot export item for a couple of decades. All this ended with the birth of modern pregnancy tests, which did not require the slaughter of an animal.
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The Generalist
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