Horatio Robinson Storer Quotes


This is a question our women must answer; upon their loins depends the future destiny of the nation.


Context

At the beginning of the United States, the Founding Fathers had seen fit not to restrict a woman’s right to birth control and abortion, both of which were prevalent in Colonial America albeit not very reliable or safe. The first efforts to control abortion were in the 1820s and 1830s. Storer was the first anti-abortion activist. His major issue was that abortion diminished America’s fertility rate and with the high fertility of the immigrants, the native Americans would be overwhelmed.


Citations

Horatio Robinson Storer, 1830-1922, Physician & Early Anti-Abortion Activist, 1868

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Horatio Robinson Storer
Horatio Robinson Storer
  • Born: February 27, 1830
  • Died: September 18, 1922
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Horatio Robinson Storer was an American physician, numismatist, and anti-abortion activist.