The draft Roe v. Wade opinion states that 'a right to abortion is not deeply rooted in the nation's histories and traditions.' A manual by founding father Benjamin Franklin, which includes instructions for at-home abortions, suggests otherwise.
Benjamin Franklin is revered in history for his fixation on inventing practical ways to make everyday life easier. He was a prolific inventor and author, and spent his life tinkering and writing to share his knowledge with the masses.
that suggests Franklin's role in facilitating at-home abortions all started with a popular British math textbook.and written by George Fisher, which Farrell said was a pseudonym, the textbook was a catch-all manual that included plenty of useful information for the average person. It had the alphabet, basic arithmetic, recipes, and farriery . At the time, books were very expensive, and a general manual like this one was a practical choice for many families.
"[The book] starts to prescribe basically all of the best-known herbal abortifacients and contraceptives that were circulating at the time," Farrell said."It's just sort of a greatest hits of what 18th-century herbalists would have given a woman who wanted to end a pregnancy early."
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