I won't argue some Republicans views on women s reproductive rights are outright medieval ....
But in so far as pro-choice'rs being more compromising about reducing abortion; after hearing some of the Femi-Nazis speeches, hell some of them would pass out do it at home abortion kits replete with coat hangers and a garbage bag...
I've already agreed Pro-life is a slippery slope, but Dude this shit is damn messy "choice", can't you at least acknowledge that?
actually it has been the norm since the classical period.
The Hippocratic Oath ~450 BC
I swear by
Apollo, the healer,
Asclepius,
Hygieia, and
Panacea, and I take to witness all the gods, all the goddesses, to keep according to my ability and my judgment, the following Oath and agreement:
To consider dear to me, as my parents, him who taught me
this art; to live in common with him and, if necessary, to share my goods with him; To look upon his children as my own brothers, to teach them this art; and that by my teaching, I will impart a knowledge of this art to my own sons, and to my teacher's sons, and to disciples bound by an indenture and oath according to the medical laws, and no others.
I will
prescribe regimens for the good of my patients according to my ability and my judgment and
never do harm to anyone.
I will give no deadly medicine to any one if asked, nor suggest any such counsel; and similarly I will not give a woman a pessary to cause an abortion.
But I will preserve the purity of my life and my arts.
I will not
cut for stone, even for patients in whom the disease is manifest; I will leave this operation to be performed by practitioners, specialists in
this art.
In every house where I come I will enter only for the good of my patients, keeping myself far from all intentional ill-doing and all seduction and especially from the pleasures of love with women or men, be they free or slaves.
All that may come to my knowledge in the exercise of my profession or in daily commerce with men, which ought not to be spread abroad, I will
keep secret and will never reveal.
If I keep this oath faithfully, may I enjoy my life and practice my art, respected by all humanity and in all times; but if I
swerve from it or violate it, may the reverse be my life.
and a similar stricture is found in the medical oaths of ancient china, ancient persia, ancient israel, ancient japan, ancient india, etc etc etc
wherever the practice of medicine advanced to the point where abortifacients and abortive surgery were possible, it was rejected as unethical, and a violation of a physician's duty.
funny how every society that advanced to any degree of sophistication found this practice to be abhorrent, except "progressives" who view it as a sacrament.