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To: epicure who wrote (1557)	10/8/2000 1:48:27 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10042

No, the point is that while they didn't use the actual term "abortion", a post-quickened termination of pregnancy, or a "grave misprision", was still criminal. And it certainly was criminal under English common law in 1803, just 16 short years after the founding of the United States, and period of time where many US legal courts still relied heavily on they English common law: The Miscarriage of Woman Act of 1803 ("Lord Ellenborough's Act," 43 Geo. 3, c. 58.), introduced a statutory abortion scheme in England. Pre-quickening abortion was made a felony and post-quickening abortion was a capital crime. In 1837, with abolition of the death penalty, 7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict., c. 85. § 6, the quickening distinction was removed and all abortion was punished as a single felony hometown.aol.com