The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-05-17

obi. i'f' asHss'sa
up luxuriously for the rich, who pay
as high as $500 for thescrvice BE.
sides the proIessed abortionists, therel
are some regular ply who sc
cretly assist their patients to the
commission of the crime at their own
homes, and hundreds of ignorant
quacks, men aud women, to fall into
whose hands Is almost certain death,
and whose sole recommendation is
that they do their terrible work
quickly and cheaply. The species
advertised in the metropolitan pa
pers for causing abortion are gener.
ally but bats and advertisement Of
the practising abortionists, for they
almost invariably fail of their pur-
pose, while the directions accompa.
nying them point to the establish
ed. In addition to these systematic
methods of procuring abortion, the
physicians say they are called to pre-.
scribe for many who have attempted
the crime upon themselves, with such
crude means as were in their power,
and these are some of the worst cas-
es in their results of sickness and
pain. Uiur# ....
Abortion would seldom be practs.
ed il it were telt 10 he a crime. There
is q prevailing notion that the life of
The human germ is not sacred, that
it may be destroyed without guilt at
any moment before it exhibits life,
or, indeed, at any moment previous
to birth. DIR. Todd tells us that
Catholic Christians are better in
structcd upon this subject than Pro.
testants. The confessional guards
human life from its first stage, and
fearful penalties are threatened
against those who interfere with It's
uatura growth. The Catholic Bish.
op of Boston says upon this subject
The very instant conception has
taken place, there lies the vital germ
of man. True, 1T is hidden IN the
darkness OF the womb, and it il help
less, bat has sacred rights, founded
on Gods law, and so much the more
to lie respected because it is helpless
1t may be already a living man, foI
neither mother nor physician can
tell when life is infused they cpn
only tell when its presence is mani
tested, and there is wide difference
between the two things. At any
rate, it is potentially from the first
moment a man with Il body and n
soul destined surely by the will OF
the Creator, and by his law To be de.
veloped into the lulness of human
existence. No one can prevent that
development without resisting and
annuliing one of the most sacred and
important laws establi shed by tho
Divine Author of the universe, and
he is criminal, murderer, who
deals an exterminating bow to tn,
incipient man, and drives back into
nothingness being to whom Coo
designed u living body ana an i'm
mortal soul"
DR.. Todd thinks il quite time tha
the Protestant Church, through il
, pastors and teachers, should bear III
equal decided testimony against tn,
crime. And there is the more nee,
of this, if, as he asserts, the practic
, is far more common among Protes
, tants than among Catholics. In thi
fact doubtless lies the explanation, il
whole or in part, Of tho decline q
our Protestant population as com
, pared with the Catholic. 1t is no
common to find more than two o
, three children in our Protestant fami
lies, and those who have abundan
means for the care aud education O
children are more likely to limit iheil
families by unnatural methods thai
their poorer neighbors. Woman in tII,
: higher circles OF society evade the du
ties OF maternity on the pretcnse tha
they are too delicate, and by that eva
sion often become helpless invalid,
for life, while all observation confirms
the fact asserted by DR.. Todd, tina,
" the iairest, healLbiest, happiest
most respected and most useful wo.
men that have ever lived, have been
the mothers OF large families" 1t
might also be shown that many cases
OF domestic iniecility and alienation
Of husband and wife, Of late so com.
mon, originate in the premature ster-
rility caused by the attempt TO CIR
cumvenL the divine laws.
Our women need to taught that the
I laws of nature cannot he cvaded, nor
. its process obstructed in any way,
without mourning the penalty. And
the penalty will be fearful in proper
! tion to the crime and perversion, -
, Health and enjoyment, Of body, mind
, and heart, come only through obe'
, dience to law.-Spy'ngGed Republi.
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