![Drawing from a 13th-century manuscript depicting a pregnant woman in repose, while another holds some pennyroyal in one hand and prepares a concoction using a mortar and pestle with the other. Pennyroyal was historically used as an herbal abortifacient.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-2-img1785_0.jpg?itok=KhEqEY_L)
Drawing from a 13th-century manuscript depicting a pregnant woman in repose, while another holds some pennyroyal in one hand and prepares a concoction using a mortar and pestle with the other. Pennyroyal was historically used as an herbal abortifacient.
![Soviet poster circa 1925, warning against midwives performing abortions. Translation: "Miscarriages induced by either trained or self-taught midwives not only maim the woman, they also often lead to death."](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-2-img1786_0.jpg?itok=BIGBlStt)
Soviet poster circa 1925, warning against midwives performing abortions. Translation: "Miscarriages induced by either trained or self-taught midwives not only maim the woman, they also often lead to death."
![This Prolife Across America billboard features an adorable full-term baby.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-2-img1787_0.jpg?itok=4wBiNwrc)
This Prolife Across America billboard features an adorable full-term baby.
![Depiction of doctors from an 1888 exposé in the Chicago Times (Source: Public Domain)](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-2-img1788_0.jpg?itok=JkhzNYAO)
Depiction of doctors from an 1888 exposé in the Chicago Times
![Dr. Horatio Robinson Storer, who led a crusade against abortion in the late 1800s.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-2-img1791_0.jpg?itok=ni2ay36s)
Dr. Horatio Robinson Storer, who led a crusade against abortion in the late 1800s.
![Demonstrators hold signs at the 2009 March for Life in Washington, D.C.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-2-img1793_0.jpg?itok=zH9_nlR2)
Demonstrators hold signs at the 2009 March for Life in Washington, D.C.
Source: Photo by John Stephen Dwyer
![Representative Todd Akin of Missouri, who made inflammatory comments about abortion in August 2012.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-2-img1794_0.jpg?itok=vZEa8lwt)
Representative Todd Akin of Missouri, who made inflammatory comments about abortion in August 2012.
![St. Augustine, who theorized in the fifth century that the soul enters the body only after the body is fully formed](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-2-img1795_0.jpg?itok=R1ddP1-Z)
St. Augustine, who theorized in the fifth century that the soul enters the body only after the body is fully formed
![Pope Pius IX declared in 1869 that an embryo was a human being with a soul from the time of conception.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-2-img1796_0.jpg?itok=Nht4DNKS)
Pope Pius IX declared in 1869 that an embryo was a human being with a soul from the time of conception.
![Ludwig Quessel, a German journalist who warned the "specter of a birth-strike" was haunting Europe at the turn of the 20th century (Source: Public Domain)](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-2-img1799_0.jpg?itok=jkN4K6OP)
Ludwig Quessel, a German journalist who warned the "specter of a birth-strike" was haunting Europe at the turn of the 20th century
![A Romney/Ryan campaign button identifies the prolife cause with the Republican Party. A Romney/Ryan campaign button identifies the prolife cause with the Republican Party.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-2-img1800_0.jpg?itok=r5Z1xSQd)
A Romney/Ryan campaign button identifies the prolife cause with the Republican Party.
![An Obama bumper sticker identifies the prochoice cause with the Democratic Party. An Obama bumper sticker identifies the prochoice cause with the Democratic Party.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-2-img1801_0.jpg?itok=xtCUOJOS)
An Obama bumper sticker identifies the prochoice cause with the Democratic Party.
![German demonstrators rally in favor of abortion rights in September 2009.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-2-img1804_0.jpg?itok=UcYKholO)
German demonstrators rally in favor of abortion rights in September 2009.
Source: Photo by Peer Grimm