History of Abortion:
a·bor·tion
noun\
the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, most often performed during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy.
In the 1700’s and 1800’s the word abortion referred only to the termination of a pregnancy after “quickening”, the time when the fetus first began to make noticeable movements. An induced pregnancy did not even have a name at this time. Induced abortions weren't uncommon in the 1700’s; in fact many women took drugs to end their unwanted pregnancies. In 1827 Illinois created a law that made abortions punishable up to three years of imprisonment.
noun\
the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, most often performed during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy.
In the 1700’s and 1800’s the word abortion referred only to the termination of a pregnancy after “quickening”, the time when the fetus first began to make noticeable movements. An induced pregnancy did not even have a name at this time. Induced abortions weren't uncommon in the 1700’s; in fact many women took drugs to end their unwanted pregnancies. In 1827 Illinois created a law that made abortions punishable up to three years of imprisonment.
History of Roe vs. Wade:
Norma McCorvey was born on September 22, 1947 in Louisiana. She was physically and emotionally abused as a child. She dropped out of high school in ninth grade and spent time at a reform school. McCorvey was raped as a teenager by a relative. She married at sixteen and developed an addiction to drugs and alcohol. She soon became pregnant and divorced. In august of 1969, McCorvey claimed to be ganged raped. Later her job moved her to Dallas, Texas. She soon found herself pregnant, poor, unmarried, and with a five year old child. McCorvey wanted an abortion. like most states in the late 1970's, Texas prohibited abortion unless it was to save the life of a mother. McCorvey later gave birth to the child and set the baby up for adoption. The lawyer that helped McCorvey with the adoption introduced her to two other lawyers, who together decided to challenge the antiabortion laws. On January 23, 1973, the Supreme Court declared the Texas law to be violating the constitutional right to privacy.