Abortion Deaths, 1920s and 1971

Safe and Legal in 1971 Doris Grant , age 32, was admitted by W. W. Williams to Doctor's Hospital in Los Angeles for a safe and legal ab...

A Child's Nightmare and Two Other Safe, Legal Abortion Deaths

Lacerated Inside, a Lingering Death Reginald Sharpe Dr. Reginald Sharpe has a history of malpractice , including the death of a 26-year-old...

From Screwed-up Anesthesia in 1997 to Unspecified Complications in 1915

Careless in Maryland, 1997 Earl McLeod Dr. Earl McLeod  was disciplined by the Maryland medical board over the death of an abortion patient...

A Known Abortionist and a Suspected Abortionist

One of Many at California Clinic Michelle Thames Eighteen-year-old Michelle Thames  suffered a seizure during her abortion at Her Medical C...

Doubly Deadly Docs and Other Abortion Tragedies

Safe and Legal in Los Angeles County, 1974 Maria Lira was a college student when she went to Riveria Hospital in Los Angeles on October 14...

From Chicago in 1908 to Los Angeles in 1975

A Midwife's Work in Chicago, 1908 On September 23, 1908, "Mrs. G.," whom I call " Sophie ," was admitted to Cook Cou...

A Selection of Physicians, 1892 - 1989

The Infamous Lucy Hagenow Gets her Start in Chicago, 1892 At about 9:00 on the morning of Sunday, September 25, 1892, 30-year-old Sophia Ku...

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 ...

Insanity, "Natural" Abortion, and Other Deaths

Blamed on Green Apples, Chicago, 1908 On August 14, 1908, 23-year-old homemaker Bertha Isserstadt , a Jewish immigrant from Austria, died a...

A Pentacostal Preacher, Life of the Mother, and Other Abortion Deaths

Chicago Doctors, 1922 Beulah Pickerill , a Texas native, was 21 years old and living with her parents in the Louisville, Kentucky area. She...

1970: Edward Allred's Safe, Legal Clinics Claim First Women's Lives

Sara Franki Lint , a 22-year-old coed, submitted to a safe and legal abortion at San Vicente Hospital in Los Angeles, California, on Augus...