There’s another birthday worth celebrating this week: Susan B. Anthony was born 187 years ago today.  This stouthearted Quaker not only fought tirelessly for women’s suffrage, but was also supported the unborn.  She published the following statements in her paper, The Revolution:

“Sweeter even than to have had the joy of caring for children of my own has it been to me to help bring about a better state of things for mother’s generally,
so their unborn little ones could not be willed away from them.”
 
“I deplore the horrible crime of child murder…We want prevention, not merely punishment.”

I’ve been amazed to find out more about the pro-life history of American feminism.  Anthony’s co-worker, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a mother of seven, said “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.” 

Today, Feminists for Life continues the work of pro-life feminists like Susan B. Anthony, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, spreading the message that “women deserve better than abortion.”