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<add>is</add> of course the wish of the party to whom the poison<lb/>has been | <add>is</add> of course the wish of the party to whom the poison<lb/>has been administered, that the <add>circumstances of the</add> fact of <del>poisoning</del> should<lb/>come to light, and that <add>proper</add> remedies should be applied.<lb/>But <del>in the case of abortion</del> where means of procuring<lb/>abortion have been <sic>employ'd</sic> the case is exactly the<lb/>reverse.<lb/><p>Nevertheless I [have no great notion] must question<lb/>whether any thing that could be done by government<lb/>would be of any real use: in the first place<lb/>because <del>it would be ineffectual</del> I see scarce any<lb/>chance of its being effectual: in the next place, because<lb/>I can <add>not</add> satisfy myself that if effectual it<lb/>would be desirable<lb/></p><p>In the place how should <del>it</del> <add>such precautions</add> be effectual? when<lb/>the press is open, and writing at least without<lb/>a possibility of discovery is so easy: when it short<lb/>there are so many books already published from<lb/>which <del>it</del> <add>the method</add> may be known.<lb/></p> <p>In the next place, I am not clear whether the<lb/>shutting up such resources is desirable. Cut off<lb/>this resource, and you <add>run a risk of</add> driving a woman into the<lb/>still more fatal resources of infanticide or suicide. <lb/>The means, I understand, such as they are<lb/>are not certain of producing their effect: nor are<lb/>they to be <sic>employ'd </sic> without pain and danger: they<lb/>will not therefore be wantonly recurred to.<lb/></p><pb/> | ||
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Indirect Legislation
Knowledge
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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