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There is evidence to suggest that, historically, pregnancies were terminated through a number of methods, including the administration of herbs, the use of sharpened implements, the application of abdominal pressure, and other techniques.

In Ancient Greece a Hippocratic Oath forbade doctors from helping to produce and abortion by using instruments.

They suggested exercise, jumping, carrying heavy animals, and riding animals.

Abortion was a common practice in both Greece and Rome

There were many opposing voices

1140- Monk John Gratian wrote the moral crime of early abortion was not equivalent to that of homicide.

1200- Pope Innocent III wrote that abortion was homicide.

1395- The Lollards, an english protestant group, denounced the practice of abortion.

1487- Malleus Maleficarum ( The hammer of Witches), a witch-hunting manual, is published in Germany. It accuses midwives who perform abortions of committing witchcraft.

1588- Pope Sixtus V states contraception and abortion were crimes against nature and sins against marriage.

1803-United Kingdom makes abortion after quickening a capital crime

1861-United Kingdom passes the “Offences Against the Person Act, which outlaws abortion

1873-The passage of the “Comstock Law” in the United States makes it a crime to sell, distribute, or own abortion-related products and services.

1820-1900- Primarily through the efforts of physicians in the “American Medical Association” And legislators, most abortions in the U.S. were outlawed.

1920-Lenin legalized all abortions in the Soviet Union1931-Mexico was the first country in the world to

legalized abortion in the case of rape1935-Nazi Germany amended its eugenics law, to

promote abortion for women who have hereditary disorders. The law allowed abortion if a woman gave her permission, and if the fetus was not yet viable, and for purposes of so-called racial hygiene.

1936-Stalin reversed most parts of Lenin’s legalization of abortion in the Soviet Union to increase population growth

1940-1970- Many countries and states legalize abortion

1973- The U.S. Supreme Court declared all the individual state bans on abortion during the first trimester to be unconstitutional, allowed states to regulate but not proscribe abortion during the second trimester, and allowed states to proscribe abortion during the third trimester unless abortion is in the best interest of the woman’s physical or mental health. The court legalized abortion in all trimesters when a woman’s doctor believes the abortion is necessary for her physical or mental health.

AGE NUMBER PERCENTAGE

U-15 5 0%

15-19 218 18%

20-24 472 38%

25-29 278 23%

30-34 142 11%

35-39 87 7%

40-44 33 3%

45+ NR

EDUCATION NUMBER PERCENTAGE

>HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA

201 16%

HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA

373 30%

SOME COLLEGE 466 38%

COLLEGE GRADUATE

135 11%

POST GRADUATE 41 3%

NONE STATED 19 2%

COMPLICATIONS NUMBER PERCENTAGE

NONE 1234 100%

HEMORRHAGE 0 0%

INFECTION 0 0%

CERV. LACERATION 0 0%

RETAINED TISSUE 1 0%

PERFORATIONS 0 0%

NOT STATED 0 0%

States 80% of men persuade their girlfriends and wives to make abortion

States 1/10 women become infertileStates 9/10 cases the girl leaves her boyfriend after

abortionStates Abortion is the reason for 30% of female deathsStates 10% chance a girl will get fat after an abortionStates 30% chance a girl will become frigidStates 25% chance hair will grow rapidly all over the

bodyStates 20% chance the girl’s face will become pimply.

Survey QuestionsAre you Male of Female?What age range would you consider yourself?Do you consider yourself Pro Choice, Pro Life,

No Opinion?Do you know anyone who has had an

abortion?Have you ever been directly involved in an

abortion?

Survey Results

Total Amount Surveyed 53

Male 16

Female 37

Age Range

Men’s Stance on Abortion

Women’s Stance on Abortion

Number of people who know someone who has had an abortion