Why Not: A Book For Every Woman - Softcover

Horatio Robinson Storer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0371897017 ISBN 13: 9780371897010

Publisher: HardPress, 2021

Synopsis

Why Not?: A Book For Every Woman by Horatio Robinson Storer is an 1867 prize-essay in medical ethics and public health. Commissioned by the American Medical Association and published in Boston by Lee and Shepard, the tract argues that induced abortion is a grave crime with serious health risks to women and fetuses, and to society at large. The text traces the historical role of physicians in abortion, condemns non-therapeutic abortion, and asserts that life begins at conception. Storer contends that abortions often produce immediate and long?term health consequences, including uterine disease and later cancer, jeopardizing maternal welfare and family stability. It outlines the frequency of abortions, critiques common excuses, and presents alternatives such as abstinence and social supports for mothers. The volume includes a Preface, Prefatory Remarks, a contents section, and an Appendix with correspondence, reflecting its medical, ethical, and social context. It aims to educate women and the public, urging medical professionals to speak out and support safeguards for fetal life.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0371897017
• ISBN 13: 9780371897010
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 125