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Criminal
Back Alley Abortion - The Birth of the Baby Boom
Some coroners reported as early as 19 51 that he had seen 12 hundred women die in the course of his career. Women whoh'd gotten hurt by a back alley abortionist or by trying to induce a miscarriage, would often wind up in the emergency room because of an infection or hemorrhaging. Some felt justified in breaking the law to perform a safe abortion. A sociologist named carroll joffey gave them a name, doctors of conscience. After world war two, there was a shift. Men returned home and went back to work. Many women who'd been working stopped working. This was the so called baby boom.
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