On November 26, 1923, 23-year-old
Alice S. Johnson died at Chicago's West End Hospital from a criminal abortion performed there that day. The coroner identified Dr. Lorenz Lapsky as being responsible for Alice's death. Lapsky was indicted by a grand jury for felony murder on December 15.
Alice's abortion was typical of criminal abortions in that it was
performed by a physician.
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For more on pre-legalization abortion, see
The Bad Old Days of Abortion
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