History+of+Abortion

=How Much Do You Know? =

= = The History of abortion has been studied and taught for thousands of years. [|Abortion] was not made illegal until the late 1800s. In 1860, 20 states provided laws that limited abortion. It was made illegal because the present population was afraid of being overpopulated by incoming immigrants. Because abortion was illegal, [|women] would go to doctors in secret and have "[|back alley]" abortions. This is when doctors or woman themselves would perform an illegal abortion in an unsanitary way.There were so many illegal abortions performed that the medical field began to expand, and more cures were discovered to prevent infections. By the time of 1910, abortion was still illegal, but was conformed into a "physicians only" practice. This was created so that only professionals could perform the operations and make money. The year of 1973 was when abortion was made legal for woman who wanted it. This was obtained by the [|Roe v. Wade] case. Because of this case, woman were legally aloud to get a clean, safe abortion by a professional. The Roe v. Wade case took place in the stat of Texas. State law justified that woman could get an abortion if it was to save the mothers life.

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