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Safer Than Childbirth: ABORTION IN THE 19TH CENTURY WAS WIDELY ACCEPTED AS A MEANS OF AVOIDING THE RISKS OF PREGNANCY.
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- Author(s): DEAN, TAMARA
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American Scholar. Spring2022, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p94-102. 9p.
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In the article, the author presents a history of abortion in the U.S. in the 19th century by researching the history of Nancy Ann Harris. Also cited are the death record of Harris in 1876 stating that the cause of her death was puerperal peritonitis, the 1978 book "Abortion in America" by James Mohr, and the reasons why abortion was favored by more women than childbirth during the century.
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