Misogyny and injustice fuel the control of women's bodies.
…Abortion has been legal for a large part of US history and was significant in the history of women's reproductive health care: Not a single state banned abortion in our country's first century. Women used abortion-inducing herbs and medications described in early pharmacological literature and were assisted by skilled midwives, nurses, and women's health care providers. Half of these skilled women were African-American, some enslaved; and others were indigenous and white.
…The Catholic Church's teaching on abortion reversed its historical position in that same period, the late 1860s, and banned abortion from the moment of conception. Prior to that ban, prominent churchmen debated the point of ensoulment—that is when a fetus gained a soul. For some it was at the moment of conception; for others, it was months, with fewer months for girls than boys, given they deemed girls underdeveloped humans compared to boys.
…Despite the fact that the majority of Americans support abortion, 21 states are certain to attempt to severely abortion rights, and five more are likely to do so, if Roe v. Wade is overturned by the Supreme Court. Most have pre- and post-1973 laws poised to go into effect.
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