1906 & 1988: Equally Dead

Johanna Faulner , a 40-year-old German immigrant, died June 29, 1906, at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Chicago, from complications of an ...

1900: Fatal Effort by Chicago Midwife

On June 28, 1900, Mrs. Andre Jorgenson died on the scene from an illegal abortion. Mrs. Anna Pihlgren , whose occupation is listed as nurse...

1929: Two Chicago Docs, One Dead Patient

On June 24, 1929, 19-year-old homemaker Winifred Mary Garver underwent an abortion at the office of Dr. Anna Schultz , aka Rollins. Schult...

Woman's Death Hightlights Abortion Rights Priorities

Pamela Colson , age 31, was 12 weeks pregnant when friends drive her to Women's Medical Services in Pensacola, Florida, for a safe and l...

Two Historic Abortion Deaths

On June 13, 1882, Ruth Phillips delivered stillborn twins. She was near death herself. A few days later she made a shocking deathbed stat...

Pre and Post Roe, Both Equally Dead

On June 20 or 24, 1908, 36-year-old Lillie O'Neill died in Dr. Albert C. Davis's Chicago office from complications of an abortion ...

1928 & 1996: Equally Dead

On June 22, 1928, 31-year-old Rose Hannover died at the office of Dr. Lester I. Ofner from complications of an abortion performed there th...

Two Deaths Half a Century Apart

On June 21, 1929, 25-year-old Fannie Shead , a native of Huntsville, Alabama, died from a criminal abortion performed that day by an unkno...

1929 & 1974: A "Back Alley Butcher" and an Icon of "Choice"

On June 20, 1929, 28-year-old Jennie Kuba died at Chicago hospital from an abortion performed there that day by midwife Mary Zwieniczak .Z...

Abortion History: Three Dead Patients, Two Dead Doctors

Today's anniversaries resulted in the deaths of two physicians and three patients. On June 19, 1908, Philadelphia police indicated, 27-y...

Anniversaries from 1891, 1914, and 1973.

May E. Parmenter's memorial at Find-a-Grave includes an 1891 clipping that reads: Died on Her Wedding Day. Athol, Mass., June 19. -- M...

Chicago History: Two Typical Abortion Deaths

On June 17, 1913, 36-year-old Freda Englehard died in Chicago, at the scene of an abortion perpetrated that day by Dr. Joseph A. Meeks. M...

Women Continue to Die at Quacks' Hands

On June 16, 1910, Mrs. Paulina Sproc , a 35-year-old immigrant from Bohemia, died in a Chicago home from an abortion that had been perform...

1984: Mom Finds Teen Dead

Early on the morning of June 15, 1984, 14-year-old Germaine Newman's mother found her dead on the bathroom floor. Just the day before, ...

Did Legalization Save Women?

Did legalizing abortion stop women from dying at the hands of quack abortionists? Read about these women, who died on this date, and decide....

1925: Two Docs, One Dead Patient

On June 13, 1925, 24-year-old Betty Fisher died in the Chicago office of doctors August Goetz and Henry Gautsen from an abortion performe...

Two Criminal Anniversaries

On June 12, 1922, Louise Huse , 30-year-old wife of Carl Huse, died at Chicago's Mid West Hospital from a criminal abortion performed t...

Yesterday's Anniversaries

Sorry I missed blogging yesterday: Leho, Maria L. Died: June 11, 1999, one of over a dozen victims of Family Planning Associates Medical Gr...

1917: Doc's Work Kills Homemaker

On June 9, 1917, 26-year-old homemaker Emma A. Melvin died at Chicago's St. Mary's Hospital from a criminal abortion perpetrated b...

The Atypical Anniversary is the One They Remember

Today is the anniversary of the most widely publicized abortion death in history. Geraldine "Gerri" Santoro , the woman in the inf...

1915: Chicago Midwife's Fatal Work

On June 5, 1915, 25-year-old homemaker Mary Balcznska died at Chicago's St. Bernard's Hospital from an abortion perpetrated by mid...

A Gruesome Pre-Roe Tale, and a Routine Post-Roe Death

Barbara Lofrumento Like the Jacqueline Smith case in the previous decade, the strange events surrounding the death of 19-year-old Barbara ...

Oklahoma 1938; Chicago, 1926

Mary Ellen Legge , a 24-year-old department store clerk, died June 1, 1938, from a criminal abortion. Otto Lucy , an Oklahoma City psychol...