What fun household object was used to perform abortions before coat hangers were invented?

[Party Hat Wurmple]

Aside from fists, obviously.

 

[Jason Wynn]

Those drain snakes used to unclog toilets

 

[DavidS877]

Stairs

 

[Party Hat Wurmple]

Those drain snakes used to unclog toilets

A drain snake abortion just sounds hot and now I have a new fetish

 

[Neo-Nazi Rich Evans]

Stairs

stairs are the undisputed classic abortion technique.

 

[Gangstalker #32194]

poison/medicine made from stuff like pennyroyal rue and juniper

 

[Sparkletor 2.0]

A coat rack obviously.

 

[Hamstirer]

Horses

 

[eatler]

back in the 1700s you would just fish it out with a bayonett on your trusty Kentuckey musket.

 

[OrionBalls]

A clothes hanger is more likely to puncture something internal and cause permanent damage than it is to kill an unwanted fetus. Girdling used to be a popular method.

 

[Neo-Nazi Rich Evans]

this is why we need androidraptor on the farms, she would probably know all about what tools have been used over the centuries to kill babies and which work better than others.