marzipanandminutiae:wilwheaton:(via 0te5ggtdp1091.jpg (1242×980))History Fun Fact: the Pilgr
marzipanandminutiae:wilwheaton:(via 0te5ggtdp1091.jpg (1242×980)) History Fun Fact: the Pilgrims- like most English people of the 17th century -were generally fine with abortion until the “quickening” (the fetus starting to move in utero, around 16-24 weeks into a pregnancy. in 2019, ~93% of abortions in the US were performed during or before the 13th week, per the CDC)the first abortion ban in the US was passed in 1821, in Connecticut. well after the time when any Pilgrims were even still living- let alone making lawsproponents of outlawing abortion are literally stricter about this than the Pilgrims -- source link