Three Prolifically Deadly Physicians

On April 13, 1909, Stella Kelly , age 28, died in Chicago from an abortion. A Dr. Louise Achtenberg, misidentified as a midwife in the sour...

Fairly Typical from Pre and Post Roe

Our first anniversary is the work of a Chicago midwife. On April 29, 1914, 37-year-old homemaker Mary Stepan died at Chicago's Rhodes A...

One Criminal and Two Safe-n-Legal. All Equally Dead.

Mrs. Sophia Berghusen of Brooklyn died on April 28, 1880, under the care of the mother-and-daughter midwife team of Mrs. Mary Kaufmann and...

Lingering Death, a Baby Tossed in the River, and Bleeding to Death in Front of Her Children

Dr. Charles P. Wood admitted that Elvira Woodward had come to his house in Manchester, New Hampshire, on April 1 and remained there until...

Mystery Perps and a Doctor

Four of today's anniversaries involve somewhat mysterious perpetrators. On April 26, 1908, 32-year-old Cora Johnson died in Chicago fro...

Seduction and Quackery

On April 25, 1899, Sarah Messinger died in St. Luke's Hospital in Chicago from an abortion performed by Marie Kampfer . Sarah died at t...

Mostly the Work of Doctors, 1893 - 1937

An article on the death of 19-year-old Emma Hub underscores the racism of the time. It begins, "Uncle Billy Nickens , a well-known co...

The Nefarious Work of Two Repeat Offenders

On April 23, 1920, 30-year-old homemaker Violet McCormick died at the practice of an abortionist named Achtenberg, leaving behind three c...

Two Early 20th Century Chicago Deaths

On April 22, 1920, 28-year-old homemaker Sophie Krawczyk died in her Chicago home from an abortion perpetrated on February 27 by Mary Simk...

Three Chicago Deaths: 1912, 1933, 1987

On April 20, 1912, 19-year-old Ruth Fox died at a Chicago residence from an abortion performed there that day by Frank J. Schwartz , whose...

Four Tragic Anniversaries

Josephine "Josie" LeClear , age 24, died Wednesday, April 29, 1874. Josie had been living near St. John's School, a boys' ...

Using Yahoo! Answers to Fight Abortion

The Lost Generation has a great post on how to speak for life at Yahoo! Answers . I would add these recommendations: Do have a generic respo...

Two Criminal, Two Legal, All Equally Dead

John O. Edmonson was convicted of manslaughter in the second degree after an abortion he arranged resulted in the April 18, 1893 death of h...

1998: Frantic, Bleeding Woman Reassured and Abandoned by Doc

Those insist that legalization of abortion is necessary to keep our daughters safe might want to speak to Lou Ann Herron's father, Mi...

Three Equally Dead

On April 16, 1917, 27-year-old homemaker Antonia Gennaro , an Italian immigrant, died at her Chicago home from an abortion perpetrated that...

A Criminal Butcher and Legal Butchery

On April 15, 1932, Ruth Hall became one in a string of dead women blamed on Oklahoma City abortionist Dr. Richard E. Thacker (pictured). ...

A Day by Day Prayer Response to PP's 40 Days of Prayer

Thanks to Kate Cann, who posted the link to the entire sickening thing at the RealChoice Facebook group. Here is it -- but get some soul ble...

Planned Parenthood's 40 Days of Prayer 31 - 40

Thanks to Kate Cann, who posted the link to the entire sickening thing at the RealChoice Facebook group. Here is it -- but get some soul ble...

Planned Parenthood's 40 Days of Prayer 21-30

Thanks to Kate Cann, who posted the link to the entire sickening thing at the RealChoice Facebook group. Here is it -- but get some soul ble...

Planned Parenthood's 40 Days of Prayer 11-20

Thanks to Kate Cann, who posted the link to the entire sickening thing at the RealChoice Facebook group. Here is it -- but get some soul ble...

Planned Parenthood's 40 Days of Prayer 1 - 10

Thanks to Kate Cann, who posted the link to the entire sickening thing at the RealChoice Facebook group. Here is it -- but get some soul ble...

1930 and 1932: A Single Death and a Trail of Corpses

Mamie Ethel Crowell , age 20, died on April 14, 1930, in the office of Dr. Hans Paulsen , from an abortion performed on her that day. Two d...