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is of course the wish of the party to whom the poison
has been administered, that the circumstances of the fact of poisoning should
come to light, and that proper remedies should be applied.
But in the case of abortion where means of procuring
abortion have been employ'd the case is exactly the
reverse.

Nevertheless I [have no great notion] must question
whether any thing that could be done by government
would be of any real use: in the first place
because it would be ineffectual I see scarce any
chance of its being effectual: in the next place, because
I can not satisfy myself that if effectual it
would be desirable

In the place how should it such precautions be effectual? when
the press is open, and writing at least without
a possibility of discovery is so easy: when it short
there are so many books already published from
which it the method may be known.

In the next place, I am not clear whether the
shutting up such resources is desirable. Cut off
this resource, and you run a risk of driving a woman into the
still more fatal resources of infanticide or suicide.
The means, I understand, such as they are
are not certain of producing their effect: nor are
they to be employ'd without pain and danger: they
will not therefore be wantonly recurred to.

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Identifier: | JB/087/098/004 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 87.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	not numbered
Box	087	Main Headings	indirect legislation
Folio number	098	Info in main headings field	indirect legislation
Image	004	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f13 / f14 / f15 / f16
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::gr [crown motif] [britannia with shield motif]]]
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Notes public		ID Number	27623
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