Originally Posted by OKgrannie

Zack, you are kidding yourself if you think men ever had that much control over the abortion process. You are kidding yourself if you think that women will ever meekly ask their husbands' permission for abortion, although they may discuss it with them if the husband is usually supportive rather than vindictive.

HISTORY OF ABORTION

Over several centuries and in different cultures, there is a rich history of women helping each other to abort. Until the late 1800s, women healers in Western Europe and the U.S. provided abortions and trained other women to do so, without legal prohibitions. ...... By 1880, most abortions were illegal in the U.S., except those ``necessary to save the life of the woman.'' But the tradition of women's right to early abortion was rooted in U.S. society by then; abortionists continued to practice openly with public support, and juries refused to convict them.