He takes us back in history to the 1800s so we can understand how the practice and legalization of abortion has changed over the year. ... The second overwhelming incident of abortion, according to the commentary observers began to rise in the early 1840's and remained at high levels through the 1870's. ... The East River Medical Association of New York obtained an affidavit form the Commissioner of Internal Revenue in 1871 declaring that a single manufacturer had produced so many packages of abortifacient pills "during the last twelve mont...

• Word Count: 4179
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He takes us back in history to the 1800s so we can understand how the practice and legalization of abortion has changed over the year. ... The second overwhelming incident of abortion, according to the commentary observers began to rise in the early 1840's and remained at high levels through the 1870's. ... The East River Medical Association of New York obtained an affidavit form the Commissioner of Internal Revenue in 1871 declaring that a single manufacturer had produced so many packages of abortifacient p...

• Word Count: 4259
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The second overwhelming incident of abortion, according to the commentary observers began to rise in the early 1840's and remained at high levels through the 1870's. ... The East River Medical Association of New York obtained an affidavit form the Commissioner of Internal Revenue in 1871 declaring that a single manufacturer had produced so many packages of abortifacient pills "during the last twelve months" that 30,841 federal revenue stamps had been required of him(59). ... In 1871 " a druggist in extensive trade " informed Van de Warker "that the sales of extract of cotton-wood had...

• Word Count: 3983
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: Undergraduate