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  People had standards in the 50s!
  The Victorians had their act together.
  The good ole days were when I got a cookie and a nap every afternoon.
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Munkers

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 5:38 pm


4000 Years for Choice! is a site which seeks to "celebrate, inspire, and empower women and men in their reproductive lives." They have a series of postcards with each containing a different historical fact about contraceptive and/or abortive practices around the world.

Long story short, this is NOT a new issue and Roe vs. Wade was not our kick-off point.

Interesting read on the site--they have a timeline starting around 3000BCE and going forward to Roe. Go check it out and then trot out your new-found knowledge the next time someone waxes poetic about the "good ole days." wink
PostPosted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 2:26 am


Hey, nice find!
I already knew that before the what, 1940s-ish, abortion was simply not codified in law negatively or positively and that it was relatively available and acceptable to the well-off, but this is much more comprehensive than that.

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 11:50 pm


_Morgane Fay_
Hey, nice find!
I already knew that before the what, 1940s-ish, abortion was simply not codified in law negatively or positively and that it was relatively available and acceptable to the well-off, but this is much more comprehensive than that.


In America? 1820's. By the end of the century it was illegal pretty much everywhere. Decriminalization didn't really start until the sixties. sweatdrop
PostPosted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 1:16 pm


Jaaten Syric
In America? 1820's. By the end of the century it was illegal pretty much everywhere. Decriminalization didn't really start until the sixties. sweatdrop


I found it pretty interesting how the rise of (usually male) physicians corresponded with increasing restrictions on abortions and the decline of (usually [always?] female) midwives and viable reproductive choices.

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