1935: Known Abortionist Gets Away With Killing Patient

On November 17, 1935, Georgia Marie McGil l, 21-year-old daughter of oil company superintendent George McGill, died from an apparent crimin...

Two Very Different Responses to Docs Killing Patients

I have found a lot of information on both women whose deaths we commemorate today. Click on each woman's name to learn more about her st...

Three Deaths from Early 20th Century Chicago

On November 15, 1901, 22-year-old Irma Brown of Garden City, Kansas, died at Chicago's County Hospital from complications of an aborti...

One Illegal, One Legal, Both Dead

On November 14, 1928, 21-year-old Eunice McElroy died in Chicago from complications of a criminal abortion. On July 24, 1931, Dr. Thomas J....

Two Criminal Deaths

On November 12, 1917, 22-year-old Mrs. M. Linstrom died at Chicago's American Hospital from an abortion perpetrated by Dr. Anna Sorens...

Four criminal anniversaries

The first tragic anniversary today actually began on November 8, 1875, when 19-year-old Mary Alice Foorman suddenly disappeared from her h...

Two Safe and Legal Deaths

Demetrice Andrews , age 22, underwent an abortion on October 17, 1988. She became progressively ill, and was finally admitted to Grady Memor...