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People
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Events
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Narrative/memoir excerpt (likely part of a larger legal file or congressional exhibit)
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Summary
This document is an excerpt from a narrative or memoir submitted as evidence to the House Oversight Committee (stamped HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015067). It details the narrator's involvement as a plaintiff in a 1970 lawsuit challenging New York's abortion laws, their operation of an underground abortion referral service, and their reflections on Dr. Spencer (a provider who died in 1969). The text mentions 'Lefcourt' (likely attorney Gerald Lefcourt) recalling the legal history.
People (3)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Narrator (Anonymous 'I') | Plaintiff/Activist |
Plaintiff in 1970 lawsuit regarding NY abortion laws; ran an underground abortion referral service.
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| Lefcourt | Attorney/Source |
Recalls the details of the lawsuit and the repeal of criminal sanctions. (Likely Gerald Lefcourt, who has historicall...
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| Dr. Spencer | Doctor |
Ran an abortion clinic; died in 1969.
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Organizations (4)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| New York Legislature |
Repealed criminal sanctions against abortion.
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| Supreme Court |
Mentioned in relation to Roe vs. Wade.
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| New York Times |
Published an obituary acknowledging Dr. Spencer's clinic.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the footer stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'.
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Timeline (3 events)
Unknown (Post-1970)
Locations (2)
| Location | Context |
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Jurisdiction of the lawsuit and legislative repeal.
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Location of a local paper that ran Dr. Spencer's obituary (likely Ashland, Pennsylvania).
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Relationships (2)
Lefcourt recalls the lawsuit in which the narrator was the plaintiff.
Narrator refers to his death and clinic in the context of their own referral service.
Key Quotes (3)
"In 1970, I became the only plaintiff in the first lawsuit to declare the abortion laws unconstitutional in New York State."Source
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"I continued to carry on my underground abortion referral service."Source
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"Pretending to be the fetus was just a way of focusing on my role as a referral service."Source
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attorney had no power to investigate the violation of an unconstitutional
law, and therefore he could not force me to testify.
law, and therefore he could not force me to testify.
In 1970, I became the only plaintiff in the first lawsuit to declare the
abortion laws unconstitutional in New York State. "Later, various
women' s groups joined the suit," Lefcourt recalls, "and ultimately the
New York legislature repealed the criminal sanctions against abortion,
prior to the Supreme Court decision in Roe vs. Wade."
abortion laws unconstitutional in New York State. "Later, various
women' s groups joined the suit," Lefcourt recalls, "and ultimately the
New York legislature repealed the criminal sanctions against abortion,
prior to the Supreme Court decision in Roe vs. Wade."
Dr. Spencer never knew about that. He had died in 1969. The
obituary in the New York Times acknowledged the existence of his
abortion clinic. The obituary in the local paper in Ashland did not.
obituary in the New York Times acknowledged the existence of his
abortion clinic. The obituary in the local paper in Ashland did not.
I continued to carry on my underground abortion referral service.
Each time, though, I would flash on the notion that this was my own
mother asking for help, and that she was pregnant with me. I would try to
identify with the fetus that was going to be aborted even while I was
serving as a conduit to the performance of that very abortion. Every day I
would think about the possibility of never having existed, and I would only
appreciate being alive all the more.
Each time, though, I would flash on the notion that this was my own
mother asking for help, and that she was pregnant with me. I would try to
identify with the fetus that was going to be aborted even while I was
serving as a conduit to the performance of that very abortion. Every day I
would think about the possibility of never having existed, and I would only
appreciate being alive all the more.
Of course, I couldn' t possibly have known the difference if my fetus
had been aborted. Pretending to be the fetus was just a way of focusing
on my role as a referral service. I didn't want it to become so casual that I
had been aborted. Pretending to be the fetus was just a way of focusing
on my role as a referral service. I didn't want it to become so casual that I
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