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On natural birth control, I found this text from Thomas Jefferson from =
Lewis and Clark College's archives while researching the Iroquois =
nation:
"They raise fewer children than we do. The causes of this are to be =
found, not in difference of nature, but of circumstance. The women very =
frequently attending the men in their parties of war and of hunting, =
child-bearing becomes extremely inconvenient to them. It is said, =
therefore, that they have learnt the practice of procuring abortion by =
the use of some vegetable; and that it even extends to prevent =
conception for a considerable time after. ... To the obstacles then of =
want and hazard, which nature has opposed to the multiplication of wild =
animals, for the purpose of restraining their numbers within certain =
bounds, those of labour and of voluntary abortion are added with the =
Indian. No wonder then if they multiply less than we do." Notes on the =
State of Virginia, 1782 (Query VI)
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No value judgement is assigned.
This little piece of serendipity is instructive for two reasons. First, =
it implies that there are still natural birth control alternatives =
available to those of us in North America. Second, it shows, contrary =
to arguments of the anti-choice movement, that the Founding Fathers were =
aware of abortion methods before the constitution was written and chose =
not to address the issue. True, the methods may not have been used =
outside the Native population and Jefferson recognized Native =
sovereignty. Nevertheless Jefferson's clinical description and respect =
of native institution betray no moral outrage at the practice. The use =
of the word "voluntary" is notable, I think.
Just some talking points.
Tim Hundsdorfer
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