When abortions were performed in hospitals it was always reviewed first by a board of physicians to ascertain whether it was necessary - to save the life of the mother. This was long time ago, prior to the 1970s. Abortions were few and far between.
It was due to the adverse public reactions to anti-abortion demonstrations at hospitals which caused them, by and large, to drop performing ALL abortions. This included even those necessary to save a woman’s life.
My nephew would not exist today if his mother hadn’t had her life saved by such an abortion five years before he was conceived.
The Supreme court ruled out physicians boards to decide on abortions. Roe v. Wade overrode a Texas law passed in 1856; Doe vs.Bolton overrode a NEW Georgia law setting up physicians. We have a VERY, very liberal abortion law. But the prolife movement has made doctors scared to perform abortions, not because they are afraid of getting shot but because the procedure is medically shameful. It is not good medical treatment to kill healthy fetuses.