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Abortion.
Upon a very different footing with the other supposed impediments of Population
stands the offence of procuring Abortion.
In this, on the one hand the temptation is strong & general, very little controuled by any natural
principle; on the other hand, the detection unequivocal, & the prevention easy —
Besides this, it is attended with danger to the Parent. Mother
The temptation It is strong inasmuch as it the anticipates not only discovery, but suspicion: It is general, inasmuch, and over and above those whose motive to it are is shame, who are a few, it offers
itself, to those whose motive may be Avarice who are a multitude. For in all Countries
where Children instead of being an occasion to one a diminution of wealth, that is in all
but such as are newly peopled, or such
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