Historian's research on coroners' inquests in B.C. gives chilling glimpse into criminalization of abortion - CBC.ca

Decades ago, it was not unusual to find a police detective by the bedside of a woman about to die from a failed abortion. Coroners reports from that era provide a window into a story that one historian says repeats itself wherever women are denied access to s…

In October 1921, a woman named Margaret Robertson lay dying in Vancouver General Hospital from a failed abortion induced by slippery elm bark. A police detective showed up the second time he had com… [+4904 chars]

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