There was a plant which grew in north Africa that was an excellent abortifiacant. As it was unleathal to women who used it, and much in demand, eventually the plant became extinct.
Today we, including myself, see sexual intercourse and a resulting pregnancy as being a choice and therefore abortion is murder.
In the ancient world women were the property of men and had no choice option, such as “No”. One of the saddest archeological finds in Jerusalem was the skeletons of new born babies found in the sewers under ancient Roman-era brothels. The Christian belief that all life was sacred was indeed enlightened thinking, not just then but even now.
Babies and toddlers were abandoned all the time before Christian values became dominant.
Now that so many Christian churches have gone awry, the old barbarisms are back, including the devaluing of the lives of innocent children.