Quote#Wisdom
The gross perversion and destruction of motherhood by the abortionist…
Quote byElizabeth Blackwell · 1821–1910
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women (1895), p. 30.
English (original)
The gross perversion and destruction of motherhood by the abortionist filled me with indignation, and awakened active antagonism. That the honourable term 'female physician' should be exclusively applied to those women who carried on this shocking trade seemed to me a horror. It was an utter degradation of what might and should become a noble position for women.
— Elizabeth Blackwell
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