[Madmartagen]

[quote="Garry Coleman":888f4]first of all, abortion wasn't around during the middle ages.[/quote:888f4]
There were abortions and birth control going as far back as ancient greece, egypt and rome. Though they werent as widely used as they are today, they were legal because no one had decided to pass laws against them.
[url="http://www.filebox.vt.edu/users/jherron/abortion.htm"]http://www.filebox.vt.edu/users/jherron/abortion.htm[/url]
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0856467.html
http://www.rencentral.com/feb_mar_vol2/ ... ages.shtml

Also, if you want to take this into account, early humans would smother or abandon babys born in the winter in order to make sure the tribe would survive. That isnt an excuse, but... oOo: