The Trial That Exposed The Evil In Women | Lindsey Clancy Trial

IT'S INTERESTING THAT THESE CHILD MURDERS, AND THE SUPPORT OF THE MURDERER, TAKES PLACE IN MASSACHUSETTS.

Midwives and female healers in early New England possessed traditional knowledge of herbal remedies for reproductive health, though court records from the New England witch trials rarely explicitly charged defendants with providing contraceptives or abortions. [1]

Herbal Care in Early Communities

Midwives served as the primary medical providers for women and children in colonial towns.
Healers maintained herbal gardens and used common plants to induce menses or manage fertility.
Knowledge of traditional emmenagogues—substances used to stimulate menstrual flow—was widespread among women. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

The Focus of New England Trials

Puritan court records focused on accusations of spectral harm, malice, or causing illness in neighbors and livestock.
Prosecutors did not target accused witches in New England specifically for dispensing birth control or abortifacients.
Accusations instead stemmed from social nonconformity, religious anxieties, or community tragedies. [1, 2, 3]

Broader Historical Connections

As noted in a discussion by Scientific American, European witch hunts frequently targeted women who held independent reproductive health knowledge.
Additional analysis in Ms. Magazine outlines how reproductive care became criminalized and linked to witchcraft over centuries.

IT'S ALMOST AS IF SOME SPIRIT INHABITS THE NEW ENGLAND STATES THAT DRIVES WOMEN TO MURDER CHILDREN.