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  • When Abortion Was a Crime; Doctor, Patients Tell How It Was

    03/08/2006 1:08:13 PM PST · by Diana in Wisconsin · 256 replies · 4,221+ views
    Madison.com ^ | March 8, 2006 | Judith Davidoff
    When Lue Allen got pregnant in 1953, she was just 20 and not ready to be a parent. "I was young," she said at a news conference this morning. "I was scared. I wanted one thing. I wanted an abortion." Abortion was illegal at the time but Allen knew that if you could borrow $200 you could find somebody to do the procedure. Allen did just that. "It wasn't a back alley," she said. But it wasn't clean or safe either. Allen said she felt a tremendous sense of relief from the abortion and went on to marry and have...