Supreme Court’s selective reading of US history ignored 19th-century women’s support for ‘voluntary motherhood’
- Written by Lauren Thompson, Assistant Professor of History and Interdisciplinary Studies, Kennesaw State University
Members of the National American Woman Suffrage Association participate in a 1910 parade in Washington, D.C. Paul Thompson/FPG/Archive Photos/Hulton Archive via Getty ImagesThe history of abortion in the U.S. guided some of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s arguments in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision....