Novelist and poet, Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (1808 - 1877), was the grandaughter of the famous Irish playwright, Richard Sheridan (The School for Scandal, The Crtic, and others). However, she achieved renown of her own in writing The Sorrows of Rosalie (1829), The Undying One (1830), Stuart of Dunleath (1851), Lost and Saved (1863), and Old Sir Douglas (1867). However, her lasting claims to fame rested on her books of poetry, A Voice from the Factories (1836), and The Child of the Islands (1845), and on her tireless advocacy for women's and childrens' rights.In writing in the social reform magazine, Woodhull's and Claffin's Weekly, in November 19, 1870, Sarah Norton gave her opinion of abortionists:
"Child murderers practice their profession without let or hindrance, and open infant butcheries unquestioned...Is there no remedy for all this ante-natal child murder?...Perhaps there will come a time when...an unmarried mother will not be despised because of her motherhood...and when the right of the unborn to be born will not be denied or interfered with."
For more about how the genuine championing of women's rights is connected with a principled opposition to abortion, check out the web site of Feminists for the Life of America.
And to read a couple of Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton's most touching poems, go on over to this post at The Book Den.
