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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

1937: Fatal self-induced abortion

Mrs. Ruth Haught, a 30-year-old widow, died at University Hospital in Hobart, Oklahoma, on August 19, 1937, of blood poisoning from an apparent self-induced abortion.



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

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