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Warpy

(113,674 posts)
5. Yes, it is.
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 02:43 AM
Jun 2015

I'm not surprised the anti abortionists are lying about it, they've never told the truth about much of anything yet.

Every midwife had potions for early abortion and knowledge of what to do when the potion failed. It must be said that the laws against abortion were passed before antibiotics, surgical anesthesia, and other medical advances. Abortion might have been quite common but it was also quite dangerous, almost as dangerous as it became when it was driven underground. Another part was stealing an important part of midwifery away from women, allowing male doctors to intrude more into the childbirth process.

Antiabortionists don't have a legal, historical, or factual leg to stand on.

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