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Wednesday, October 22, 2025

October 22, 1914: Second of Three Deaths by Dr. F. Waldo Whitney

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Margaret Buetelman  died in New York's St. Vincent's hospital on October 22, 1914. She had been admitted suffering complications of ...
Monday, October 20, 2025

1970–1971: JPSA records suicide of institutional patient

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 “Sheila” underwent a legal abortion sometime between January 1, 1970 and June 15, 1971 at a facility participating in the Joint Program for...

October 20, 1921: Who Killed Annie Sczepkowski?

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  On October 20, 1921, 30-year-old  Annie Sczepkowski  died at Jefferson Park Hospital in Chicago from complications of an abortion perpetra...

October 20, 1971: Emboldened Quack Kills Second Woman in Six Months

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Carole Schaner  was 37 years old when she traveled from Ohio to Buffalo, New York, for a safe and legal abortion. to be performed by  Dr, Je...
Sunday, October 19, 2025

October 19, 1877: The Death Exposed by a Doctor

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SUMMARY: Nellie Ryan, age 21, died after an abortion by an unidentified perpetrator in Chicago. Doctor Reports Dead Woman Shortly before 11:...

October 19, 1918: Doctor Reports Abortion Death

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Summary:  Russian immigrant  Anna Kelson , age 20, died at her Chicago home on North Talman Avenue on October 19, 1918.  Who Was Anna? Anna ...

October 19, 1910: Work of a Likely Lay Abortionist

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Pelagia Ussarowski , age 32, died on October 19, 1910 in a Chicago residence after an abortion perpetrated in Chicago.  Who was Pelagia? Acc...

October 19, 1954: A Naturopath in Texas

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Sylvia Redman Dr. Sylvia Redman (pictured), a 57-year-old woman who had a license to practice  naturopathy  in Texas, signed a written confe...

October 19, 1990: One of Hachamovitch's Many Dead Patients

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Nineteen-year-old  Christina Goesswein  ("Patient A" in   medical board documents ) was almost 23 weeks pregnant when she went to ...
Saturday, October 18, 2025

October 18, 1942: Death Reveals Abortion Ring

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Summary: Harriet Lichtenberg, age 23, died from an abortion attributed to Dr. Henry Katz in the Bronx. On October 10, 1942, a young woman ca...

October 18, 1920: Another Poorly-Documented Chicago Death

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On October 18, 1920, 30-year-old homemaker  Alice Jolly  died at Chicago's Englewood Hospital after having been admitted there three day...

October 18, 1939: Doctor Sentenced to Sing-Sing

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On October 18, 1939, Miss  Alice Corbett , age 28, of Brooklyn, New York, died at Murray Hill Hospital in Manhattan. The young telephone ope...
Wednesday, October 15, 2025

October 15, 2005: Post-Abortion Overdose Aboard Cruise Ship

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As she approached her 25th birthday, Lila Ashley Barnett , who went by her middle name, seemed have everything going for her.  Living the Dr...

October 15, 1854: Oil of Tansy in New York

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SUMMARY Mary Stone, age 26, died on October 15, 1854 in New Haven, Connecticut after taking an abortifacient. Mary L. Stone, a 26-year-old n...

October 15, 1990: Cheaper Abortion, Malpractice, and Death

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On October 15, 1990, 23-year-old Angela Satterfield underwent a legal abortion at Statewide Clinic on 2617 E. 21st St. in Tulsa. Angela and...

October 15, 1926: Chicago Doctor Admits to Fatal Abortion

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On October 15, 1926, 23-year-old homemaker  Ethel Horner , a Chicago native, died at Chicago’s Jackson Park Hospital from an abortion perfor...

October 15, 1992: Post-Abortion Suicide

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A woman I used to picket with in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, told me of a day she was outside one of Harrisburg's two safe and legal abort...