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The History of Abortion in the United States
Abortion was legal under common law in the colonial era in what is now the united states. In 18 78, madame restell was facing criminal pros cution and some had branded her a monster in human shape. The country had moved from thinking of abortion as a personal matter to a criminal offence across the country. We're looking back at how and why laws outlawing abortion in every state were put on the books in the first place.