68:6.9 Many [[races]] learned the [[technique]] of [[abortion]], and this [[practice]] became very common after the [[establishment]] of the [[taboo]] on childbirth among the unmarried. It was long the [[custom]] for a maiden to kill her offspring, but among more civilized [[groups]] these illegitimate [[children]] became the wards of the girl's [[mother]]. Many [[primitive]] [[clans]] were [[virtually]] [[exterminated]] by the [[practice]] of both [[abortion]] and infanticide. But regardless of the dictates of the [[mores]], very few [[children]] were ever destroyed after having once been suckled—[[maternal]] [[affection]] is too strong. | 68:6.9 Many [[races]] learned the [[technique]] of [[abortion]], and this [[practice]] became very common after the [[establishment]] of the [[taboo]] on childbirth among the unmarried. It was long the [[custom]] for a maiden to kill her offspring, but among more civilized [[groups]] these illegitimate [[children]] became the wards of the girl's [[mother]]. Many [[primitive]] [[clans]] were [[virtually]] [[exterminated]] by the [[practice]] of both [[abortion]] and infanticide. But regardless of the dictates of the [[mores]], very few [[children]] were ever destroyed after having once been suckled—[[maternal]] [[affection]] is too strong. |