Abortion wasn’t really always taboo in America

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Abortion wasn't really always taboo in America

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There was a time when abortion is simply a part of life in the United States.Historian Leslie Reagan says up until around 1880,abortions were legal and widely practiced.They were only illegal after quickening,a subjective term used to describe when a pregnant woman could feel the fetus moving.In her book,’’When Abortion Was a crime,’’Reagan says,’’not even the Catholic Church believed life existed before that.’’before 1880,abortion drugs were a booming business.Those who wanted to regulate that business were mainly worried about poisoning,not as Reagan notes,moral,religious or political issues.
曾经，流产在美国仅是人们日常生活的一部分。历史学家莱丝丽里根表示，直到1880年，流产都是合法且被广泛应用的。只有当孕妇有了胎动初感后流产才被认为是非法的，这个主观术语被用来描述孕妇能感觉到腹中胎儿的移动。在里根的《当流产是罪名时》一书中，她说道’’即使天主教教堂都不相信生命在胎动之前是存在的’’。流产药物生意在1880年前十分火热。管理这个产业的人们只关注药物的毒性，而不是里根写下的那些道德、宗教或政治因素。

But the American Medical Association began a crusade in 1857 to make abortion illegal.In 1873,Congress passed the Comstock Law which banned abortion drugs nationwide.By 1880,abortion was illegal in most states,unless it was necessary to save the life of the woman.
但是美国医药协会在1857年开展了一项改革，这项改革将流产非法化。1873年，国会通过了康斯托克法，这项法令在全国范围内禁止了流产药物。直到1880年，除非是为了救孕妇而进行的不得已的流产，在大部分州流产都是违法的。

But why?
但这是为什么呢？

According to Reagan,the initial desire came from physical who wanted to push out their competition,primarily midwives and homeopaths.Leaders also feared abortion was contributing to the fall if birth rates among white woman.It wasn’t until the 1960s when the women’s liberation movement gained steam that reproductive rights took center stage.Roe verses Wade,the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion in the United States passed in 1973.But since then,states have enacted more than 1,000 laws that limit access to the procedure.
据里根说，起因是人们想排挤自己的竞争对手－－助产士和其他同类医师。同样领导者也担心流产会导致白人女性中出生率的下降。直到1960年，女性解放运动开始时兴，争取生育权成了运动的核心内容。罗伊与韦德将流产是否合法带上了法庭，最终美利坚合众国最高法院在1973年决定通过流产合法化这项决议。但从那之后，各州都颁布了超过1000项法律来限制进行流产的条件。

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