What Was the Effect of the Third Wave of Antiabortion

question 5

Multiple Choice

What was the effect of the third wave of antiabortion legislation in the 1800s?

• A)It led to the passage of 40 state antiabortion laws, making pregnancy termination at any point in gestation a crime.
• B)It shifted the business of abortions from midwives to physicians.
• C)It provided for jail sentences for all abortions but was rarely enforced.
• D)It prohibited even therapeutic abortions necessary to save the life of the mother.

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