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... . Abortion became an outrage in this country only after the Civil War. It was then that the American Medical Association, seeking to bolster the authority of physicians over that of midwives, pushed for anti-abortion legislation to limit outside consultation (Garrett 18). Up to this point, abortion had been legal up until "quickening", or the first signs of movement in the ... ...
... 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 ... ...
... Europe it was generally accepted in the early months of pregnancy prior to quickening. However, in the 19th century opinion about abortion changed, when medical community realized the growing of midwives who did not carry a medical degree, and campaigned to illegalize such practices. In 1869 the Roman Catholic Church prohibited abortion under any circumstances. In England and in the United States ... ...
... 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 ... ...
