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...