1926: Chicago Midwife's Fatal Handiwork

On March 31, 1926, 24-year-old Louise Maday died at Chicago's West End Hospital from complications of an abortion performed at an earli...

Two Early Chicago Deaths

On March 29, 1912, 36-year-old Mary F. Abrams died from an abortion perpetrated by Mary D. Lunnemeyer that day. Lunnemeyer's professi...

1942 & 1975, Both Equally Dead

On March 28, 1942, 19-year-old Cleo Florence Moore died at New Rochelle Hospital in New York from peritonitis from an illegal abortion. Up...

Two Pre-Legal Deaths

Clara Jane Bell Duvall was a 32-year-old married mother of five, aged 6 months to 12 years. She and her family were living with her paren...

Safe and Legal in New Jersey, 1986

Gail Wright was 29 years old when she underwent a legal abortion. She was 20 weeks pregnant. After her abortion, she developed sepsis . She...

Lethal Abortionists: Doctor, Unknown, Dentist

On March 24, 1905, 28-year-old Ida Alice Bloom , a Swedish immigrant working as a domestic servant, died suddenly in Chicago from an appar...

Illegal in Chicago, Legal in New York

On March 23, 1905, Mrs. Ida Pomering , a 30-year-old German immigrant, died in Chicago from an abortion performed earlier that day. Dr. Apo...

1983: Doctor-Recommended Abortion Kills California Teen

Barbara Hoppert was a sixteen-year-old high school sophomore when she checked into Loma Linda University Hospital for an abortion. She was ...

Chicago Deaths, and Why So Many There

On March 21, 1911, 33-year-old homemaker Katherine "Kate" Kammer died at a "medical facility" from an abortion perform...

Amateur and Professional from the Early 20th Century

Anna Gosch's boyfriend, Mr. Edwards, admitted that he knew Anna, that they'd had a sexual relationship, and that she had called hi...

Professional Abortionists' Work in 1867, 1907, 1916, and 1932.

Mary E. Noble , age 38, died at her home on March 19, 1867. She had been separated from her husband, Ayers, due to her involvement with anot...

Two Early 20th Century Chicago Deaths

On March 18, 1913, 25-year-old homemaker Mary Brubaker died in her Chicago home from an abortion perpetrated that day by Dr. H.W. Case . ...

Was Legalization an Improvement?

On March 17, 1907, Paulina Schneider died at St. Francis Hospital in Peoria, Illinois, from complications of a criminal abortion . Paulina...

Seven Anniversaries, 1869 - 1981

On March 16, 1869, Magdalena Philippi died of complications of an abortion performed on her, evidently by a Dr. Gabriel Wolff . Although M...

March 15, 1915: A Bad Day in Chicago

On March 15, 1915, 22-year-old homemaker Elenora Cassidy died at her Chicago residence from an abortion perpetrated there that day. Befor...

1905, 1930, 1989: Equally dead

On March 14, 1905, 27-year-old seamstress May Putnam died at Chicago's Monroe Street Hospital from complications of an abortion. May ...

1909: Lena Oppendal Succumbs to Midwife's Fatal Efforts

On March 13, 1909, Mrs. Lena Oppedal, age 37, died in Chicago from peritonitis caused by an abortion. A midwife named Carrin Bakke was held...

Two More Chicago Anniversaries

On March 12, 1909, Cook County native Kate Blust , age 22, a homemaker, died in Chicago from peritonitis caused by an abortion. Midwife Emm...

Emma Jonas, Catherine Mau, Janet Blaum all Suffer Same Fate

On March 11, 1915, 40-year-old homemaker Emma Jonas died at Chicago's German American Hospital after an abortion perpetrated by Ceceli...

Abortionist Fans: Lights on, Nobody Home

Let's not let the FaceBook event to appreciate abortionist s lie neglected. Pop on in and suggest an abortionist that you think best exe...

So -- Is the Modern "Provider" a Hero?

On March 10, 1929, 18-year-old Alline Brown , nee Lavell, died in Chicago from a criminal abortion. The culprit was never identified or bro...

My Answer to the Celebration Artwork

As I noted earlier , abortion advocates have developed a series of posters to celebrate how wonderful abortion is. Well, I'm coming up w...

Prepare to "Celebrate" Abortionists!

Abortion enthusiasts have not yet given up on the idea of March 10 as a day to "appreciate" abortionists. From the "You can...

Two Doctors' Fatal Handiwork

On March 9, 1914, 34-year-old homemaker Elizabeth O'Donnell died in the Chicago office of Dr. Alvin C. Hirster , who had performed an ...

Six Anniversaries

Twenty-two-year-old Mary A. Bellville died Friday, March 8, 1889, from complications of an attempted abortion. A week before her death, Mi...

Four Deaths from Two Centuries

Antoinette Fennor died of peritonitis March 7, 1875, from an abortion performed about February 26 by Mrs. Catherine Maxwell . Maxwell rou...

Typical Abortion Deaths Across the Years

On March 6, 1928, Lucille Smith , a 24-year-old store clerk and homemaker, died at Chicago's Burrows Hospital from complications of an ...

Unknown, Midwife, Doctor

On March 5, 1900, Mrs. Alice Koester died in German Hospital from complications of an illegal abortion evidently performed there that day ...

Again, Both Equally Dead

On March 3, 1916, 43-year-old Augusta Bloom , a native of Sweden, died at Chicago's Norwegian Deaconess Hospital from complications of ...

From The Bad Old Days to Our Enlightened Era

On March 2, 1906, Lola Madison , a stenographer from Salt Lake City, Utah, died from an abortion at Passavant Hospital in Chicago. She was ...

Why I Don't Like the Ultrasound Laws

I'm all in favor of informed consent -- particularly in the case of abortion, where the stakes are so high. A lack of informed consent c...

Three Young Women Nearly a Hundred Years Ago

On March 1, 1914, 24-year-old Stella Augustinyn died in Chicago, on the scene of an abortion performed that day by an unknown perpetrator...