1. Abortion
... or give away for offer to give away, or have in possession with intent to sell or give away, instrument, or other article of indecent or immoral nature, or any article or medicine for causing abortion, except on a prescription of a physician in good standing, given in good faith (196). Under the law of ... , after purchasing abortifacient preparations from her. The popular press trumpeted the arrest loudly, and when Madame Restell committed suicide on the day before her trial the story became an instant national even international, sensation. As a symbolic act, the Restell suicide of Apr...
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