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by yahoot on September 15th, 2009
the first answer is not quite right. the test wasn't whether it died or not. that is a myth. The rabbit ALWAYS died.
they would inject a non-pregnant female rabbit with the woman's urine, wait a few days, kill the rabbit, examine the rabbit's ovaries to see if they showed signs of exposure to pregnancy hormones from the woman.
the phrase "the rabbit died" sprang from the myth that the rabbit only died if the woman was pregnant.
by lizizhere on March 22nd, 2008
Way back when(not sure) b4 pregnancy tests they use to inject the bunny rabbit with a womans urine & if it lived she wasn't pregnant but if it died then she was pregnant. I think thats how it use to go but it was her urine or blood.
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