... abide by the law that stated they could not give advice or any type of medicine that would cause a pregnant woman to miscarry. The idea of this oath given by midwives was to not provoke abortion because abortion was legal under common law. Abortions were illegal only after quickening, which was usually in the fourth or fifth month of pregnancy, when ... ...

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