... 1834 legislators there made attempted abortion a misdemeanor without specifying any stage of gestation, and they made the death of either the woman or the fetus after quickening a felony (39,40), Alabama enacted a major code revision during the 1840/1841 session of its legislature that made the abortion of "any pregnant woman" a statuate crime for the first time in that state, but ... bearing or already had all the children they wanted (46). The increased public visibility of abortion as stated by Mohr may be attributed largely to a process common enough in American history: commerciali...

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... 1834 legislators there made attempted abortion a misdemeanor without specifying any stage of gestation, and they made the death of either the woman or the fetus after quickening a felony (39,40), Alabama enacted a major code revision during the 1840/1841 session of its legislature that made the abortion of "any pregnant woman" a statuate crime for the first time in that state, but ... bearing or already had all the children they wanted (46). The increased public visibility of abortion as stated by Mohr may be attributed largely to a process common enough in American history: commerciali...

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... 1834 legislators there made attempted abortion a misdemeanor without specifying any stage of gestation, and they made the death of either the woman or the fetus after quickening a felony (39,40), Alabama enacted a major code revision during the 1840/1841 session of its legislature that made the abortion of "any pregnant woman" a statuate crime for the first time in that state, but ... bearing or already had all the children they wanted (46). The increased public visibility of abortion as stated by Mohr may be attributed largely to a process common enough in American history: commerciali...

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