Ohio in 1922 and Los Angeles in 1986

Illegal in Ohio, 1922 Mary Gresky took ill, dying of blood poisoning on September 20, 1922, from a criminal abortion performed with some ...

Two Abortion Mysteries

A Mystery Abortion in Chicago, 1917 On September 6, 1917, 29-year-old Lizzie Heimos died at Chicago's Wesley Hospital from a criminal a...

Illegal in Chicago, Safe and Legal in Akron

Illegal in Chicago, 1915 Mrs. Stella Cams, age 30, died on August 2, 1915. at Chicago's Lake Shore Hospital . She had been admitted unde...