I know we're not supposed to do this but bear with me...

[beam me up scottie]

Our very own Lordquinton posted an interesting article in the other place and I thought y'all might appreciate it:

Scarlet Letters: Getting the History of Abortion and Contraception Right

It's a good read.

[bvf]

1. That was indeed a good read.

And thanks for bringing it here, bmus.

[beam me up scottie]

3. You're welcome!

[Lordquinton]

2. thanks for the promo!

I've been sitting on that one for a bit, read it and bookmarked it for a rainy day. Then i forgot about it until now, which is why it's not being posted at peak hours, cause every time i think "oh, I'll post it at a better time" i forget until I'm in the shower And can't do anything about it.

[beam me up scottie]

4. My pleasure.

I know a lot of A&A posters don't go there.

[progressoid]

10. Thanks for posting it.

Good stuff.

[Warpy]

5. Yes, it is.

I'm not surprised the anti abortionists are lying about it, they've never told the truth about much of anything yet.

Every midwife had potions for early abortion and knowledge of what to do when the potion failed. It must be said that the laws against abortion were passed before antibiotics, surgical anesthesia, and other medical advances. Abortion might have been quite common but it was also quite dangerous, almost as dangerous as it became when it was driven underground. Another part was stealing an important part of midwifery away from women, allowing male doctors to intrude more into the childbirth process.

Antiabortionists don't have a legal, historical, or factual leg to stand on.

[beam me up scottie]

6. Excellent post.

And yesterday was the 6th anniversary of Dr. Tiller's death.

It's not just women who are dying for this cause.

[Lordquinton]

12. laws passed about it before the good stuff

They had some good stuff, morphine, opium, etc. but the noted part is the male doctors stopped using it the same time they passed laws against abortion because they wanted to punish Eve.

[F4lconF16]

7. Recced it but happy to k&r this.

Good article, thanks for bring attention to it. Useful knowledge that all liberals should have an idea about. I might repost in GD if you haven't already.

[beam me up scottie]

8. No I haven't.

It's not a new article so it may have been posted there once upon a time.

[Lordquinton]

13. repost the promo, or the thread?

Promo sure, thread i can do it if you haven't, would like to keep tabs on responces.

[F4lconF16]

16. The thread.

Thanks

[Lordquinton]

17. Done finally

I'm working on my phone currently so I was putting it off...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1218202163

[Arkansas Granny]

9. Thanks for the heads up. I would have missed it.

[progressoid]

11. Rec!

Good stuff in that article.

[Lordquinton]

14. follow up

Inb4offtopicban
Roman Catholicism and abortion access|

[Warren Stupidity]

15. It is a good read.