Contrary to popular belief, the majority of pre-legalization abortions were not perpetrated by the women themselves or by greasy old men with coathangers. Most were, in face, performed by doctors, midwives, nurses, or other people with medical training.
One example of such an aborion that turned fatal is the June 5, 1915 death of 25-year-old homemaker Mary Balcznska. Mary died at Chicago's St. Bernard's Hospital from an abortion perpetrated by midwife Veronika Rypczyski who was arrested and held by the Coroner on June 10.
The case never went to trial.
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