Joy Joy, Illegal Abortion Death

On May 26, 1950, Annis Whitlow Brown performed an abortion on Joy M. Joy, the unmarried mother of a six-year-old daughter. Brown botched the job, causing hemorrhage and failing to properly treat the patient. Joy died quickly from blood loss.



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

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