Abortion

By DaFranke
  • Jan 1, 1550

    1550 B.C. First Recorded Abortions

    The ancient egyptian medical text "Ebers Papyrus" Lists a way to induce abortion with a plant, honey and crushed dates.

  • Abortions are legal

    up until this point in time abortions are legal until quickening. The practice of abortion was risky, however.

  • Abortion Meds Banned

    Connecticut becomes the first state to ban drugs used for abortions.

  • Abortions Criminalized

    New York punishes women who receive abortions.

  • All of U.S. Bans Abortions

    All 50 states ban abortion in one form or another.

  • Roe v. Wade

    The famous trial where all state anti-abortion laws were deemed unconstitutional.

  • Hyde Amendment

    Congress passed a bill that stopped Medicaid funding for abortions.

  • Mexico City Policy

    President Reagan created policies restricting organizations funded by USAID from performing or promoting abortions.

  • Fetuses Can Feel Pain

    Nebraska's governor signed a law banning abortions at or after 20 weeks, due to a theory that fetuses can feel pain at that time.

  • 384 B.C. Aristotle

    Aristotle believed that abortion should be allowed so that people don't have to many children.