"A fascinating book which sets to rest a number of preconceptions
on the subject. Easy to read and yet hard-hitting."--Marlette
Rebhorn, Austin Community College
"Should be an eye-opener to those who think that religious
objections were at the root of anti-abortion legislation and
equally to those who think that abortion has been a matter of life
and death."--Carl N. Degler, Stanford University
"A superb example of the way history can inform a current
contentious controversy."--Journal of American History
"Mohr makes it abundantly clear that Supreme Court decisions of the
1970s were not a modern weakening of moral standards but a return
to what Americans believed and practiced a hundred years ago."--The
Christian Century
"An altogether lucid review of American abortion policy in the 19th
century."--Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times
"The history of how abortion came to be banned and how women
lost...rights previously thought to be natural and inherent over
their own bodies is a fascinating and infuriating one."--Chicago
Tribune
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