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[Acorn]

Hey ladies and gents,

I'm looking for historical romance book suggestions where the heroine has had an abortion, or a secondary character.

Please keep personal comments about the subject matter to yourself. I'm only looking for suggestions. Thanks in advance.

[Kristie(J)]

Good luck. I don't think you will find any. If it's historical, I'm sure the character would have died because of the lack of any kind of decent medical care.

[willaful]

I was going to say "good luck" too, just because this is SO taboo in almost all romance. You may find some (evil - or terribly terribly misguided) secondary characters, but an actual heroine? I would certainly be interested if one can be found.
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[xina]

Not a romance novel, but a book with romantic elements. The main heroine in World Without End, by Ken Follett, aborts her baby by drinking something (can't remember what it was) she got through a healer. She loves the hero who is the baby's father and ends up with him in the end. She regrets her choice to abort the baby throughout the entire book. She wanted to become a doctor and didn't want to be tied down to marriage. A hasty decision made that she regrets almost immediately.

[Elizabeth Rolls]

[xina]

While a surgical abortion would be beyond risky, ther have to die.e were, and still are, quite a few herbal remedies that were sold under the euphemism of "promoting the menses". This knowledge was passed on among women from generation to generation very quietly due to the disapproval of the church and society generally.



Yes, this was the situation in the Follett novel I referred to. The baby was not far along. If I remember correctly, she was only 4-6 weeks pregnant.

[Anna B]

The Gentleman Caller, by Megan Chance. One character has aborted, another one is considering it but doesn't.
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[Acorn]

Thanks for the replies but please, don't turn this into a debate about whether or not someone likely would have died from one because that's not what this topic is about.

[xina]

[quote="Acorn"]Thanks for the replies but please, don't turn this into a debate about whether or not someone likely would have died from one because that's not what this topic is about.



I think it's okay to go off-topic now and then. It's sort of the way of a real conversation, don't you think? xina

[Acorn]

[Mmason]

I read an historical quite some time ago that I THOUGHT was a Regency! It must have been set quite a bit after the Regency period, but I could never get a good pinpoint on the time frame. The hero was an earl, or a duke, or some nobleman, and the heroine was a village girl. They truly love each other, but the difference in their stations presented "insurmountable" obstacles. In the course of their love affair, she becomes pregnant. Her mother instructs her in how to drink a bottle of whiskey and take an extremely hot bath, to "bring on her flow." It worked, but somehow people found out that she had been pregnant. He finds out, and is hurt by the fact that she had an abortion. They end up together at the end of the book, because he says he would rather live out his days in the village with her and forego society. I wish I could remember the name of the book. It was so unusual and strange that I thought I wouldn't have a problem!!!

[Acorn]

Mmason, that book sounds very interesting. I'm going to ask about it elsewhere and if someone tells me the title, I'll post it here.

[Linda in sw va]

[xina]