August 27: Illegal in 1909 and Undetermined in 1970

On August 27, 1909, homemaker Anna Dennin, age 23, died in her Chicago home on Hamilton Avenue from an abortion. Dr. Emma Maycke of Belmont Avenue was held by the coroner's jury and indicted for felony murder. Dr. Maycke said that she had only been treating Anna after somebody else had perpetrated abortion. The source documents don't indicate that the case went to trial.  (Sources: death certificate; Homicide in Chicago Interactive Database; "Woman's Death Causes Arrest," Chicago Tribune, August 28, 1909)

Victoria Seronka, a 17-year-old homemaker, died on August 27, 1970 in transit by ambulance to Southwest General Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio.  Doctors said that she was 3 months pregnant, and an autopsy revealed signs of an attempted abortion.  (Sources lost with loss of original Cemetery of Choice wiki)