(Mrs. Stanton classified abortion as a form of “infanticide.”)
“When we consider that women are treated as property, it is degrading to women that we should treat our children as property to be disposed of as we see fit.” Letter to Julia Ward Howe, October 16 1873, recorded in Howe’s diary at Harvard University Library.
“There must be a remedy even for such a crying evil as this. But where shall it be found, at least where begin, if not in the complete enfranchisement and elevation of women?” The Revolution 1(10):146-7 March 12, 1868