Abortion is one of the largest social problems facing America today. ... (Katha Pollitt, Abortion in History, www.theatlantic.com, May 1997) A turning point in the history of abortion being regulated and legislated was the founding of the American Medical Association in 1847. ... When waves and waves of immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe began immigrating, many people began to worry about the declining birth rates of the 'native' Protestant American population. ... Groups such and National Right to Life (NRL) and Prolife America sprung up to support the debate from the oth...

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Mohr takes a good look at abortion in his book Abortion in America. ... Moreover, this practice was neither morally nor legally wrong in the vast majority of Americans, provided it was accomplished before quickening. ... Third, the types of woman having recourse to abortion seem to change; the dramatic surge of abortion in the U.S. after 1840 was attributed not to the increase in illegitimacy or a decline in marital fidelity, but rather to the increase use of abortion by white, married, Protestants, native born woman of the mid and upper class who either wished to delay their child bearing or ...

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Moreover, this practice was neither morally nor legally wrong in the vast majority of Americans, provided it was accomplished before quickening. ... The earliest laws that dealt specifically with the legal status of abortion in the U.S. were inserted into Americans criminal code books between 1821 and 1841. ... Third, the types of woman having recourse to abortion seem to change; the dramatic surge of abortion in the U.S. after 1840 was attributed not to the increase in illegitimacy or a decline in marital fidelity, but rather to the increase use of abortion by white, married, Protestants, nat...

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Mohr takes a good look at abortion in his book Abortion in America. ... Moreover, this practice was neither morally nor legally wrong in the vast majority of Americans, provided it was accomplished before quickening. ... Third, the types of woman having recourse to abortion seem to change; the dramatic surge of abortion in the U.S. after 1840 was attributed not to the increase in illegitimacy or a decline in marital fidelity, but rather to the increase use of abortion by white, married, Protestants, native born woman of the mid and upper class who either wished to delay their child bearing or ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate