Friday, June 13, 2008

1925: Fatal abortion in doctor's office

On June 13, 1925, 24-year-old Betty Fisher died in the Chicago office of doctors August Goetz and Henry Gautsen from an abortion performed that day. The doctors were acquitted on October 16, but the source does not indicate on what grounds.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

This abortion death happened 2 weeks ago in the UK:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,366501,00.html

Christina Dunigan said...

Here it is as a link.