Monday, November 19, 2007

Anniversary: Mysterious abortion death

On November 19, 1924, 38-year-old Elizabeth Strazdas died at Chicago's Mother Cabrini Hospital from complications of a criminal abortion performed that day. The person responsible for Elizabeth's death was never identified.



For more on pre-legalization abortion, see The Bad Old Days of Abortion

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