The Importance of Understanding the Black Community in Chicago

In 1970 New York and a few other states, Hawaii, Alaska and Washington legalized most abortion. And so they started serving the black community of Chicago more and more but it was still white women doing it. The abortions were nominally $100, but realistically, they took whatever the patient could offer. They averaged about $50. When they could, $25 were taken out of every, you know, and if there's at least $25, as far as I understand, $25 was taken out and put into a revolving loan fund where people could come and say, like, I need a loan to get it. But we're not like sending anyone to your house if you don't