A man who assisted in autopsies in a big urban hospital, starting in the mid-1950s, describes the many deaths from botched abortions that he saw. “The deaths stopped overnight in 1973.” He never saw another in the 18 years before he retired. “That,” he says, “ought to tell people something about keeping abortion legal.

“The Way It Was” — Mother Jones Magazine — Abortion before Roe v. Wade. (via deltumbles)

read this article, it’s 100% incredible.

(via homotronic)

Trigger Warning: Article describes molestation by a backalley abortion provider.

(via prolifehypocrisy)

Roe V Wade closed off entire wings of hospitals. Those wings were full of women and children dying from the complications of back alley abortions. Roe closed them down. No more people were dying from coat hangers. And they won’t.

(via dr—grumbles)

(via cabell)

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