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Abortion is the termination of a fetus before it is capable of independent life. Throughout American history, abortion has evolved with regard to the medical, ethical and legal aspects. ...
Abortion laws began appearing around the 1820’s, which banned the termination of a fetus after 4 months. ... Anthony along with early women’s rights activists strongly detested abortion for the reason that it was still a very risky procedure. They believed achieving women’s equality and freedom would end the need for abortion because they maintained that men, punishment, and legislative laws drove women to abortion. (Matilda Joslyn Gage wrote in 1868, “I hesitate not to assert that most of this crime of child murder, abortion, infanticide, lies at the door of the male sex…”) Later, they supported sage and effective birth control as an alternative to abortion.
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