Abortion history: 19th century men’s sporting press and AMA made it a crime.

Abortion was not always a secret or a crime. But many Americans tend to assume that it was nearly nonexistent or always considered a sin until "the sexual revolution" of the 1960s (or even the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision). The historical record shows clearly that early abortion—known as "restoring the menses," a woman's period—was a normal practice among women in colonial America and well into the 19th century...

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/06/abortion-1830s-history-sporting-press.html

Opinion | In his draft on ‘Roe,’ Alito cites the work of a blatant misogynist - The Washington Post

There are at least two problems with Alito's reliance on history. First, Alito has misrepresented the actual historical record. As abundant historical research establishes, the common law that governed America in its first decades and beyond did not regulate abortion before "quickening" — the moment when a pregnant woman first detects fetal movement, which can happen as late as 25 weeks into pregnancy...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/05/09/alito-roe-sir-matthew-hale-misogynist/