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In 1968 the first full year under the new law there were 5,018 abortions in California. The numbers grew exponentially and stabilized at about 100,000 annually by the 1970s. 99.2% of California women who applied for an abortion were granted one. One out of every three pregnancies was ended by illegal abortion.
In the ancient world, discussions of offspring limitation, whether through contraception, abortion, or infanticide, were often linked with discussions about population control, [3] [better source needed] the property rights of the patriarch, [4] and the regulation of women engaged in unsanctioned sex. [5]
Abortion has existed since ancient times, with natural abortifacients being found amongst a wide variety of tribal people and in most written sources. The earliest known records of abortion techniques and general reproductive regulation date as far back as 2700 BC in China, and 1550 BC in Egypt. [6]
1827 – In New York State the first statute to criminalize abortion was enacted which made post-quickening abortions a felony and made pre-quickening abortions a misdemeanor. [11] [12] 1842 – In Japan the Tokugawa shogunate banned induced abortion in Edo. The law did not affect the rest of the country. [13]
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The new HBO documentary The Janes tells the story of young women who worked underground to help others secure safe abortions before the Supreme Court's landmark 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade ...
I remember a time when abortion was illegal.That did not mean there were no abortions, but that they were done in dangerous conditions, using whatever devices might work, Janice Lanier writes
New York: The first statute to criminalize abortion in the state is enacted. It made post-quickening abortions a felony and pre-quickening abortions a misdemeanor. [8] [9] 1835. Arkansas: Married women are given the right to own (but not control) property in their own name. [4]