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How 19th-century literature spread the archetype of the 'evil abortionist'

  • Written by Margaret Jay Jessee, Associate Professor of English, University of Alabama at Birmingham
How 19th-century literature spread the archetype of the 'evil abortionist'Equating abortion with infanticide has a long history. Peter L Gould/FPG/Archive Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

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