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Abortion Law And History
1997
Overview
Leslie J. Reagan and John M. Riddle are historians well versed in medical matters. Although their books cover familiar ground, each presents a wealth of useful information -- Reagan on abortion performed on women, Riddle on herbal abortion agents used by women. Both books are well worth the reader's time and money. \"When Abortion Was a Crime\" is a first-rate exposition of the changing cultural and legal climate regarding abortion in America from about the end of the Civil War, when the law ignored abortion before quickening (occurring usually during the fourth month of pregnancy), until Roe v. Wade, when it legalized the procedure during the first trimester. Reagan, an assistant professor of history, medicine and women's studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, reminds us that, until the middle of the last century, the Catholic Church did not condemn abortion \"prior to ensoulment,\" believed to occur at the time of quickening; and ancient rabbinic teaching, viewing the mother's life as taking precedence over that of the unborn child, \"required abortion when childbirth threatened a woman's life.\" \"Eve's Herbs\" is a highly informative presentation of the history of the use of plant products, such as ergot, as abortion agents.
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WP Company LLC d/b/a The Washington Post
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