No matter if you are pro-life or pro-choice, it’s important to understand the history of abortion rights and what events have shaped our current perceptions. How have different societies addressed abortion in the past, and why is it such a divisive issue in the modern era? 
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Sources:

* https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/religion/news/2013/08/08/71893/scarlet-letters-getting-the-history-of-abortion-and-contraception-right/#:~:text=Official%20abortion%20laws%20did%20not,force%20would%20have%20stopped%20her.
* https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL33467.pdf
* https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/history-abortion-law-america-us-debate-what-roe-v-wade/
* https://reproductiverights.org/worldabortionlaws
* https://www.cairn-int.info/article-E_POPU_1802_0225–abortion-around-the-world-an-overview.htm#
* https://www.newyorker.com/news/essay/how-abortion-changed-the-arc-of-womens-lives
* http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/abortion/legal/history_1.shtml