Three Abortions, Over a Century Ago

Mystery Abortion in Chicago, 1915 Katherine McFarland , a 25-year-old homemaker in Chicago, died on April 7, 1915 from peritonitis caused by...

From the 1870s Through the 1980s

One of 16 Dead at National Abortion Federation Chain Seventeen-year-old Laniece Dorsey underwent a safe and legal abortion at a Family Pla...

Abortion Deaths: 19th Century and 20th Century

Mary Visscher died on September 3, 1859 after an abortion perpetrated by Dr. Elizabeth Byrns or Dr. Mary Smith in Brooklyn. Mary, who worke...