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Ben Franklin's how-to on at-home abortion

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JAB

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May 6, 2022, 11:44:42 PM5/6/22
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Ben Franklin Put an Abortion Recipe in His Math Textbook

To colonial Americans, termination was as normal as the ABCs and 123s.

<https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/05/ben-franklin-american-instructor-textbook-abortion-recipe.html>

JAB

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May 18, 2022, 8:01:09 PM5/18/22
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The draft Roe v. Wade opinion states that "a right to abortion is not
deeply rooted in the nation's histories and traditions."

A manual by founding father Benjamin Franklin, which includes
instructions for at-home abortions, suggests otherwise.

<https://twitter.com/NPR/status/1526995329677139969>

<https://www.npr.org/2022/05/18/1099542962/abortion-ben-franklin-roe-wade-supreme-court-leak>
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