The gross perversion and destruction of motherhood by the abortionist filled me with indignation, and awakened active antagonism. That the honorable term 'female physician' should be exclusively applied to those women who carried on this shocking trade seemed to me a horror. It was an utter degradation of what might and should become a noble position for women.

Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women: Autobiographical Sketches: (ed. Library of Alexandria, 2016) - ISBN: 9781465609250