Illegal anniversary: Woman dies, doctor implicated

On November 14, 1928, 21-year-old Eunice McElroy died in Chicago from complications of a criminal abortion. On July 24, 1931, Dr. Thomas J. Ney was indicted by a grand jury for felony murder in Eunice's death.



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

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