On this date: Cora Burke makes a fatal choice

Cora A. Burke was a 20-year-old who had been widowed about five months. She had a four-year-old son and lived in her own home along with her child and her parents. She'd recently become engaged. She'd been in good health up until the events that began to unfold on June 21, 1899. These events would start with an abortion and end with her death.



For more on pre-legalization abortion, see The Bad Old Days of Abortion

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