HIST104: Abortion in the 1930s.
The economic situation during the 1930s drove some potential mothers to undergo illegal abortions. Opinions on this issue differed, as illustrated by these three documents.
Doris Gordon, in her newspaper report ‘Evil of Abortion’, argues that it is a woman’s duty to reproduce. She feels that the increase in illegal abortions has been contributed to by the advertising of contraceptives, high wages for women and lack of supervision of children by parents who prefer to relax. Gordon believes that children are needed for the good of the nation, relating stability of the Empire to stability of the home.
The letter to the editor, ‘Abortion Problem’ values quality of life over quantity. The author argues that, to have a healthy race, the physical and mental wellbeing of mother and child should be considered. She recalls a personal experience which could have been avoided were abortions legal, arguing that each case is different. As acknowledged......
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