Many people dont know that the early feminists (those who fought for a womans right to vote in the 1800s) were mostly pro-life. Mattie H Brinckerhoff was a popular lecturer in the Midwest on womens suffrage and other womens rights topics. Here is some of her writing on abortion. Her use of the term voluntary motherhood dealt with the choice women should have to refuse to have sex in order to avoid childbearing.