To End 'Roe,' GOP-Appointed Justice Says Pregnant Women Were Prosecuted In 1600s - The Beat - MSNBC

[Warpy]

1. Pregnant women were prosecuted in a lot of places through much of the last century

if the pregnancy had resulted from rape or if the man did the damage and ran off. What wasn't prosecuted was quick action by a friendly midwife, if the woman survived it.

Besides, what Grand Inquisitor Alito cited was the abortion of a "quick" pregnancy, meaning it was five months along and fetal movement could be felt. Those were indeed prosecuted, but anyone who performed them was prosecuted, generally not the woman. Ending a pregnancy of that duration back when the medical treatment of choice for everything was being bled was often fatal.