Five young women's deaths remembered today

On October 1, 1908, 21-year-old Mary Rahur died in Chicago from complications of an abortion performed that day. Mrs. Frida Trappe was arre...

Legalization = Professionalism?

On September 30, 1904, Stanislawa Zagonski died in Chicago from an illegal abortion performed that day. Mrs. Alexander Wojtanowski, whose p...

Two deaths, and looking at the data

On September 28, 1929, 29-year-old Barbara Auer died in Chicago from complications of an illegal abortion performed at an unknown place. T...

1989: Who can the prochoicers blame?

Debra Walton was 35 years old when she underwent an abortion in the fall of 1989. On September 24, 1989, about three weeks after the aborti...

Two doctors, two deaths. What do we know?

Mrs. Annie Heaney , age 50, died at Post Graduate Hospital in Chicago on September 26, 1906, from complications of a criminal abortion perf...

One needless tragedy and two total flukes. Right?

On September 25, 1925, Faye McGinnis , age 23, died at her home in Chicago from complications of an abortion performed that day. The coroner...

1927: The fatal work of a Chicago nurse

On September 24, 1927, 35-year-old Martha Kohnke died in Chicago from a criminal abortion performed that day. Nurse Emma Schultz was held...

"Amy" attack on CPCs is indictment of prochoice thought

The Time I Tried To Get An Abortion From A Crisis Pregnancy Center I'm going to deconstruct this as I encounter comment-worthy bits. I r...

1899, 1907, and 1971.

On September 23, 1899, Mary Kakacek died in her Chicago home from complications of an abortion performed that day by midwife Annie Stonek....

1970: One of the first victims of New York abortion law

"Amanda" is one of the women Life Dynamics identifies on their " Blackmun Wall " as having been killed by a safe and leg...

1930: Death at the doctor's office

On September 9, 1930, 20-year-old Matilda Kleinschmidt underwent a criminal abortion, believed to have been performed in the office of Dr...

1922: The tragic intersection of two Marys

Mary Gresky took ill, dying of blood poisoning on September 20, 1922, from a criminal abortion performed with some sort of instrument on ...

1994: Fetal indications abortion turns deadly for mother

Alerte Desanges had been informed that her fetus was deformed, so she went for a safe, legal abortion at Choices Women's Medical Cente...

1999: Mother of five finally succumbs in nursing home after catastropic abortion injury

Shelby A. Moran, a 39-year-old mother of five, was given Prostaglandin F2 Alpha for a safe, legal abortion at Illinois Masonic Medical Cen...

A bizarre case from 1941

One of the few cases I've found in which a criminal abortionist wasn't a doctor is also one of the strangest cases I've found. ...

Two illegal and a surprise post-legalization situation

What's remarkable about today's anniversaries is that the abortionist whose "safe" legal quackery killed a teen actually w...

More LOC again

I'm continuing my review of historic abortion deaths from the Library of Congress online archives. The snippets from news roundups: Anna...

1992: Slow collapse and death

Rhonda Rollinson underwent a safe, legal abortion by Dr. Jay I. Levin at Malcom Polis's Philadelphia Women's Center September 3,...

A 1928 Chicago abortion

On September 14, 1928, 20-year-old Stella Wallenberg died from a criminal abortion performed in Chicago. Loretta Rybicki, identified as a &...

1925: More of Lucy Hagenow's handiwork

On September 14, 1925, 19-year-old Miss Elizabeth Welter died in the Chicago office of Dr. Lucy Hagenow from complications of an abortion...

A tragic case from Colonial America

Today's anniversaries begin with the 1742 death of Sarah Grosvenor . Her story is recounted extensively in public records, but begins, p...

2007: Out of the blue - Laura Hope Smith

It was 7pm, we had just finished dinner and settled down to watch the evening news. My husband's cell phone rang with Laura's name...

Illegal in 1917, legal in 2001

I don't know much about today's illegal abortion death. On September 12, 1917, 20-year-old Genevieve Popjoy of Momence, Illinois, ...

1918, 1962, and 1976. All equally dead.

On September 11, 1918, 35-year-old Gertrude Herrington died in Chicago's Wesley Hospital from an abortion perpetrated by Helen Dugdale...

1975: Hospital abortion kills patient

Thirty-one-year-old Mitsue Mohar went to Pacolma Lutheran Hospital in Los Angeles County for a safe and legal abortion on August 5, 1975. ...

Latest Life Report "Do prolifers really believe the unborn are human?"

Do prolifers really believe the unborn are human? 1. Josh asks prolifers, especially on FaceBook, to not nitpick absolutely every use of lan...

One little noted death, one spectacular scandal

Anna Adler , a married woman, died in Chicago, on the scene of an abortion performed by Dr. Lou. E. Davis that day. Davis was arrested tha...

A Tale of Two Teens

On September 8, 1923, 16-year-old Madge Bowman died at Chicago's Garfield Park Hospital from an abortion performed there that day. Mid...

1996: Just one victim of habitual quackery

Tanya Williamson is referred to as "Patient A" in medical board documents pertaining to her abortionist, Moshe Hachamovitch . By ...

Not pregnant? No problem! We'll still abort you!

Twenty-four-year-old Synthia Dennard went to the notorious Biogenetics abortion mill in Chicago for a safe, legal abortion and tubal liga...

Another collection from LOC archives

The day book March 24, 1917 : " Probes Girl's Death -- Coroner Peter M. Hoffman started investigation today following death of Mar...