Abortion has always been a thing - they just go about it openly, more frequently, and with much less risk to the woman's life today. They used to use certain plants, potions, throwing themselves down stairs, back-alley or 'clothes hanger' abortions, among other things.

Most women aren't willing to literally risk their own lives to get an abortion, which is why it was rarer back in the olden days. Now they do it & celebrate it as a badge of...something, but definitely not of 'honor.'

Nothing is more foreign to me than the thought of killing a child who is in (or out of) my womb. Most mothers would face a hungry tiger to protect her children from death.