A soft pink hill of pickled ginger is as signature to traditional Japanese cuisine as are the small seafood-topped pillows of rice it accompanies sushi.
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade has given the abortion debate a new sense of urgency. But as cultural historian Ainsley Hawthorn writes, the history of abortion dates back thousands of years, belying the assumption that abortion is a fundamentally modern issue.