... Protestant Reformation, Europe was predominantly Catholic. It is a well known fact that the Catholic Church is extremely against abortion, and at that time abortion was an illegal practice, punishable by death. Times changed, and in 1800 it was legal to have an abortion in the United States (Segers and Byrnes, 2). A push for making abortions illegal came in 1821 with an anti ... women (Baumgardner, 22). Most poor women had illegal abortions that had grave risks to the mother's health (Segers and Byrnes, 2). Many were botched, and resulted in disease, hemorrhages, and even death after re...

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