Josephine Gabler
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Dr. Josephine Gabler was a physician who performed illegal abortions in Chicago during the 1930s. She reportedly performed more than 18,000 abortions. Seventy patient records, seized during a raid, document Gabler's practice.
[edit] Sources
- Leslie J. Reagan, When Abortion Was A Crime, University of California Press 1997
- Rickie Solinger, The Abortionist: A Woman Against the Law, University of California Press 1996