Abortion In The 1800s

Abortion techniques were developed as early as 1550 BC by an Egyptian medical expert. Throughout much of history, abortion was not a crime as long as it was done before the “quickening” stage. The “quickening” stage is the first detectable movement of the fetus. It can start between week 13 through week 25 of the pregnancy. American states got their initial abortion laws from the British common law. Abortion procedures and methods were legal, unregulated, and often unsafe until at least the early 1800’s. In the mid-1800’s, early pro-life advocate Dr. Horatio Robinson Storer (1830-1922) convinced the American Medical Association to join him in campaigning for the outlawing of abortion nationwide. However in 1821, Connecticut became the first …show more content…
Connecticut banned the selling of an abortion; including poison to women. In 1860 twenty states had abortion outlawed. In 1890 Statutes, recommended by the AMA, outlawed abortion. unless it was needed to save a mother's life. By the early 1900’s, most states had banned abortion. By 1965, all 50 states had outlawed abortion. There were some exceptions, but it varied by state. By the early 1900’s, most states had banned abortion. In 1973 Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision takes down all state laws that previously made abortion illegal. Doe v. Bolton, makes abortion on demand legal through all of the nine months of a woman’s pregnancy, by using the definition of women's health. In the 1980’s the pro-life movement, opens Pregnancy Help Centers and Crisis Pregnancy Centers to help with women who have unplanned pregnancies pick life over abortion. In 1984 following the election, people who are pro-life controlled the White House and Congress. The pro-lifers worked to pass a Human Life Amendment and a Human Life Bill. In the 1990’s Pregnancy Help Centers continued to pop up, it helped allow people who were pro-life support pregnant women. In 1994 the F.A.C.E act is passed by Congress. (Freedom of Access to