“By 1967, the year the [New York Times] was declaring 4000 women dead annually from abortion, there were only 133 such deaths on record. The New York Times had allowed itself an editorial adjustment of slightly more than 3000%.”
James Burtchaell Rachel Weeping: And Other Essays on Abortion (Life Cycle, 1990) 65
Read more about illegal abortions before Roe here.
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