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Saturday, January 16, 2010
Anniversary: A "Back Alley" Death
On January 16, 1937, Dr. Samuel Roth performed a fatal abortion on an unidentified woman in his New York office. On December 23, 1941, Roth was sentenced to a year in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter for her death.
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Only a year in prison? Why was that? Doesn't make much sense. One would think he'd get more time in prison than one year.
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to say. Chicago, in particular, had a revolving door penal system for abortionists who killed patients.
ReplyDeleteThat stinks. Without any real punishment it allowed other "doctors" to participate in killing unborn children and maiming women.
ReplyDeleteIf abortion ever were to become illegal again, there should be real punishment handed to the abortionists when they commit such heinous crimes.
Yeah, Sega. We'll need to do a hard analysis of the old laws and why they weren't effective. Though I suspect that local attitudes toward abortion had a strong part to play.
ReplyDeleteYeah, Sega. We'll need to do a hard analysis of the old laws and why they weren't effective. Though I suspect that local attitudes toward abortion had a strong part to play.
ReplyDeleteThe anti-abortion laws were never serious about stopping abortions. They were just like the alcohol-prohibition, and the war on drugs today--the purpose was to enable the providers to charge more money.
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