> **From 1776 until the mid-1800s abortion was viewed as socially unacceptable**

As opposed to not killing the unborn in the womb as the moral high ground, which it certainly is. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10297561/ > From 1776 until the mid-1800s abortion was viewed as socially unacceptable; however, abortions were not illegal in most states. During the 1860s a number of states passed anti-abortion laws. Most of these laws were ambiguous and difficult to enforce. After 1860 stronger anti-abortion laws were passed and these laws were more vigorously enforced.