Abortion in Toni Morrison's Beloved In the novel Beloved by Toni Morrison, the main character, Sethe, commits a crime unthinkable and incomprehensible to most people today. She murders her own child, her own flesh and blood. The institution of slavery drove Sethe to make this drastic decision. Comparing the situations of slavery to today's society is impossible. Yet, we still see mothers killing babies (or fetuses). The issue of abortion has been a constant in our society for years. Is the emotional struggle to kill a baby made out of love or selfishness? The cruelties of slavery from which Sethe plans to save her children are manifold in Beloved. Sethe was living in a time completely different from our own. She and other slaves experienced things that none of us could ever imagine; having breast milk stolen from her ....

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