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nolabear

(41,930 posts) Fri Nov 22, 2013, 09:29 PM Nov 2013

History of Abortion and Contraception Law in America. Not what the RW tells you.

This is an interesting article, and I've read similar elsewhere. Modern Right Wingers far out-Puritan the Puritans.

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/religion/news/2013/08/08/71893/scarlet-letters-getting-the-history-of-abortion-and-contraception-right/

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History of Abortion and Contraception Law in America. Not what the RW tells you. (Original Post) nolabear Nov 2013 OP

KnR Hekate Nov 2013 #1

AND.. loyalsister Nov 2013 #2

Even the Catholic Church didn't restrict abortion before quickening. LuvNewcastle Nov 2013 #3

Hekate

(90,538 posts)

1. KnR

Reply to nolabear (Original post)

Sat Nov 23, 2013, 06:04 AM

Nov 2013

loyalsister

(13,390 posts)

2. AND..

Reply to nolabear (Original post)

Sat Nov 23, 2013, 06:46 AM

Nov 2013

The original movement to repeal abortion laws included clergy- who had often provided referrals for women via the Clergy Consultation Service Network.

more..

http://books.google.com/books?id=3oRBOuEvz30C&pg=PA24&lpg=PA24&dq=Sarah+Weddington+Clergy+and+abortion&source=bl&ots=XkG0omEwJH&sig=iFzF4q3G6WbrPnRnOhLysyi2jPI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=aYWQUrbPEpDsrAGEoIGwBA&ved=0CEkQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Sarah%20Weddington%20Clergy%20and%20abortion&f=false

LuvNewcastle

(16,834 posts)

3. Even the Catholic Church didn't restrict abortion before quickening.

Reply to nolabear (Original post)

Sat Nov 23, 2013, 10:25 AM

Nov 2013

Apparently people didn't think of a fetus as it's own separate entity before that stage. It sort of worked itself out that way in Roe v Wade, too. The different trimesters spoken of in that opinion are simply different stages of development, dividing lines between when an abortion is acceptable and when it isn't. I don't think there should be any restrictions myself; I think it's between a woman and her doctor to decide if an abortion should be done. But I can see the rationality behind the quickening rule.

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