Abortion 

has been practiced around the world since ancient times as a crude method of birth
control. Although many religions forbade or restricted the practice, abortion was not considered
illegal in most countries until the 19th century. There were laws prior to this time, however, that
banned abortion after quickening—that is, the time that fetal movement can first be felt.

Some women behave like harlots; when they feel the life of a child in their wombs, they induce
herbs or other means to cause miscarriage, only to perpetuate their amusement and unchastity

The 'immorality' of women, favorite theme of misogynists, is not to be wondered at; how could
they fail to feel an inner mistrust of the presumptuous principles that men publicly proclaim and
secretly disregard?…The one thing they are sure of is this rifled and bleeding womb, the shreds
of crimson life, this child that is not there. It is at her first abortion that woman begins to 'know.'

I'm opposed to abortion because I happen to believe that life deserves the protection of society.
From the moment of conception, the life of every human being is to be respected in an absolute
way...no one can, in any circumstance, claim for himself the right to destroy directly an innocent
human being.

As a pro-life supporter I believe the fetus is a human being from the time of conception. As such,
the fetus has the legal right to life from the moment the egg and sperm unite. Between these
positions lies a continuum of ethical, religious, and political positions.