> Abortion was legal until it became a political issue in the 1800s. Not according to Dobbs, which goes into this extensively. "At common law, abortion was cr

> Abortion was legal until it became a political issue in the 1800s. Not according to Dobbs, which goes into this extensively. "At common law, abortion was criminal in at least some stages of pregnancy and was regarded as unlawful and could have very serious consequences at all stages. American law followed the common law until a wave of statutory restrictions in the 1800s expanded criminal liability for abortions. By the time of the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment, three-quarters of the States had made abortion a crime at any stage of pregnancy, and the remaining States would soon follow."