Anniversary: Illegal abortion death in Chicago

On May 8, 1928, 27-year-old Margaret Barnts died from a criminal abortion performed by Pauline Zickerman or Nickelman. (The name is given two different ways in the source, perhaps due to illegible handwriting on their original source documents.) The defendant was indicted for felony murder on May 15, 1928.



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

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