Abortion Spooky familiar and new

familiar and new

and some precious time with her little son

or are looking for a jargon-free overview of the subject

It tells the story of the end of an era

' – Diana Henry 'I love the recipes

Abortion Spooky familiar and newFrom classical Greece to Roe v. Wade, a long overdue history of abortion. An ancient entertainer unable to work while pregnant; a medieval holy woman performing a 'miraculous termination'; a Reformation era abortion provider prosecuted as a witch; a Victorian midwife saving her patients from the workhouse. Women have always sought to end pregnancies, and long succeeded. This book tells their stories. From enslaved and Indigenous herbal knowledge on