Abortion in the Ancient World

Countering the idea that life begins at conception from the perspective of the earliest medical professionals

After leaked documents confirmed the Supreme Court’s intention to overturn Roe v. Wade a few weeks ago, abortion rights have been a hot topic in the news. Alito’s draft opinion states that abortion rights are not “deeply rooted in this nation’s history,” while citing a 17th-century British jurist most famous for his trials against two alleged witches. I…