SUMMARY: Velma Callahan, age 23, died on January 7, 1951, from complications of an abortion perpetrated by a lay abortionist, either Tess Truitt or John Rudick, in Atlantic City, NJ.
Velma was a 1946 graduate of Montoursville High School in Montoursville, Pennsylvania. She was active in the Tri-Yi-Y, Home Economics Club, Glee Club, and Girls' Athletic Association. She acted in her school productions of You're Young Only Twice and was on the staff of the Blue and Gold, the school yearbook.
Investigating her death led to the breakup of a large-scale abortion mill in Atlantic City on January 19. Detectives found evidence that at during 1950 least 45 abortions had been perpetrated in a house connected with the ring. The couple charged about $400 for an abortion.
Police arrested a middle-aged couple, Tess Truitt and John Rudick, for running the abortion ring. The couple kept abortion records that went back to 1945.
Somehow the pair had also managed to compile a list of every pregnant woman in southern New Jersey. Police did not reveal how the couple got the names.
Source:
Investigating her death led to the breakup of a large-scale abortion mill in Atlantic City on January 19. Detectives found evidence that at during 1950 least 45 abortions had been perpetrated in a house connected with the ring. The couple charged about $400 for an abortion.
Police arrested a middle-aged couple, Tess Truitt and John Rudick, for running the abortion ring. The couple kept abortion records that went back to 1945.
Somehow the pair had also managed to compile a list of every pregnant woman in southern New Jersey. Police did not reveal how the couple got the names.
Source:
- "Large-Scale Abortion Mill Is Raided," Richmond (IN) Palladium-Item, Jan. 19, 1951
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