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To: Brumar89 who wrote (24431)	8/22/2012 11:02:58 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

Show me where it's banned. Show me where it's even mentioned. This is something made up by man, not by God and his appointed reps. Violates the "taking God's name in vain" commandment, come to think of it. If abortion wasn't practiced, there would have been no abortifacients. = We know abortion was practiced in biblical times from the passage in Numbers ( note 1) where alleged infidelity is tested by giving an abortifacient potion to an accused pregnant woman. The "bitter water" used to "bring on the curse" may have been quinine or several of other herbal and natural concoctions that are considered emmagogues, or drugs that bring on menstruation. Such herbs and other concoctions are in reality often implantation inhibitors or abortifacients. According to the biblical tale, if the woman had not been unfaithful, the drug would not work and the pregnancy was assumed to be the husband’s child. If she miscarried, she was considered guilty of adultery and no questionable parentage ensued. Abortion was recorded in 1550 B.C.E. in Egypt, recorded in what is called the Ebers Papyrus ( note 2) and in ancient China about 500 B.C.E. as well ( note 3). In China, folklore dates the use of mercury to induce abortions to about 5,000 years ago ( note 4). Of course, mercury is extremely toxic. Hippocrates also offered abortion to his patients despite being opposed to pessaries and potions which he considered too dangerous. He is recorded as having instructed a prostitute to induce abortion by jumping up and down. This is certainly safer than some other methods, but rather ineffective. It is also believed that he used dilation and curettage to induce abortions as well ( note 5). Abortion opponents often use the Hippocratic Oath of physicians as an argument against abortion per se, but the opposition had only to do with patient safety. womenshistory.about.com Note 1..The Bible, Numbers 5:18. "And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman's head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which [is] the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse...." See also verses 19-28.