
History of Abortion
Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine
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Is There a Safe Way to Insure an Abortion?
There were no sterilization methods, so a surgical abortion could result in death. A lot of doctors just didn't write because they didn't know how to do it safely. And this would have fallen line with the idea that you wouldn't have done any surgery unless it was absolutely necessary. So if doctors won't do it, who is doing it? Well, like midwives, we're still some o. I don't mean all, but, like, there were midwives who would do it. And then there were other, usually lay providers, or female providers, who were willing to train and learn and do these procedures and help people with these processes,. Who were not doctors.
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