When did abortion start?
Abortion started in the mid-to-late 1800's, states began passing laws that made abortion illegal. Abortion has been performed for thousands of years, in every country that has been studied. In the United States it was legal in the earliest settlers time, but at the same time the constitution was adopting the abortion before the "quickening was opening advertiser and some performance." Abortion was started by Egyptians a very long time ago. This was in 1550 B.C.E. Today Abortion is presented as if it were a new thing to the country to get rid of pregnancy. The earliest description of Abortion comes from something called Ebers Papyrus. The Ebers Papyrus suggests that an abortion can be induced with the use of a plant fiber tampon coated with a compound that included honey and crushed dates. Abortion is never explicitly mentioned in the Bible, but we know that the ancient Egyptians, Persians, and Romans, among others, would have practiced it during their respective eras. The earliest legal ban on abortion dates from the 11th-century BCE Code of Assura, and imposes the death penalty on married women who procure abortions without the permission of their husbands. In conclusion, Abortion might’ve been the dumbest thing to happen because women are actually killing part of their lives, not just the baby inside them. (http://civilliberty.about.com)