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Bertrand Russell

“I think that abortion ought not to be a legal crime”

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“I think that abortion ought not to be a legal crime”

British philosopher and mathematician who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950. TLS, one page, 8 x 9.5, Plas Penrhyn letterhead, March 7, 1966. Letter to an associate, voicing his opinion on abortion. In part, “I think that abortion ought not to be a legal crime; at the same time, as it is apt to injurious to health, I think that birth control methods are much to be preferred.” In fine condition, with a bisecting vertical mailing fold affecting a single letter of signature. R&R COA.

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