Anniversary: Another doc, another death

On November 4, 1928, 22-year-old Anna Borndal died at the office of Dr. Lou E. Davis of Chicago, from complications of an abortion performed there that day. Davis was held by the coroner for unintentional manslaughter. She was indicted by a grand jury for homicide.



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

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