This site sheds some light on the popular idea that before Roe v. Wade made abortion legal, 10,000 women died each year from botched illegal abortions.
Before Roe v. Wade, did 10,000 women a year die from illegal abortions?
28-May-2004
Dear Cecil:
Boston Globe columnist Ellen Goodman recently wrote, "After all, those of us who remember when birth control was illegal and when 10,000 American women a year died from illegal abortions don't have to imagine a world without choices. We were there." I write a blog about life after abortion, and one of my co-bloggers says that the claim of 10,000 deaths is well known to be an urban legend. However, Ellen Goodman is a famous journalist, and she clearly believes that it is the truth. Is it? - Emily of After Abortion, via e-mail
Funky Dung
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