On July 14, 1921, 23-year-old homemaker Edna May Rohner died at
Illinois Masonic Hospital in Chicago from an abortion reportedly
perpetrated by Dr. Otto Klemmick.
He
was held by the coroner and tried, but acquitted on June 12, 1923. The
source material is scanty, so it's unclear how much evidence there was
against Klemick or why he was acquitted. Whether Klemmick was truly innocent, or whether he simply managed to escape punishment, Edna and her baby got no justice.
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