... in 1845. A nationwide campaign to restrict abortion was led by doctors with two motives: one was a concern for public health, and the other to curb their competition who were often midwives and untrained lay healers. By the turn of the century, all states prohibited abortion. Only Pennsylvania prohibited all abortions with no loophole for the risk of death for the woman ... ...

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... emergencies were spawning all over the country. These doctors were seeing that women were creating their own medical emergencies by attempting to end their own pregnancy. A group of doctors and midwives were drawn together in St. Louis, Missouri because of their experiences with these dying women. Some of the emergencies they witnessed were abdominal and uterine abscesses, corroded tissue lining cervix ... ...

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