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Extraction Summary
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Article / narrative excerpt / house oversight document
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1.09 MB
Summary
This document appears to be a page from a narrative or article titled 'I Ran an Underground Abortion Referral Service,' bearing a House Oversight Bates stamp. It details the historical context of illegal abortions, referencing a 1962 'Look' magazine article and the narrator's publication of an interview with Dr. Robert Spencer in 'The Realist.' The text describes Spencer's background as a benevolent doctor in Ashland, Pennsylvania, contrasting him with 'criminal abortionists.' The page cuts off mid-sentence at the end.
People (3)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Dr. Robert Spencer | Doctor / Abortionist |
Described as a 'truly humane abortionist', former Army doctor in WWI, and pathologist in Ashland, PA.
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| The Narrator | Author / Publisher |
Ran an underground abortion referral service; published an interview with Dr. Spencer in 'The Realist'.
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| Miners | Patients |
Aided by Dr. Spencer after a mine accident and in obtaining Workmen's Compensation.
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Organizations (4)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| Look magazine |
Published an article in 1962 criticizing abortionists.
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| The Realist |
Publication where the narrator published an interview with Dr. Robert Spencer.
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| Army |
Organization Dr. Spencer served in during WWI.
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| Hospital in Ashland, Pennsylvania |
Workplace of Dr. Spencer.
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Timeline (3 events)
Unknown
Mine accident where Dr. Spencer aided miners in the shafts.
Ashland, Pennsylvania
Locations (1)
| Location | Context |
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Location of the hospital where Dr. Spencer worked.
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Relationships (1)
Narrator published anonymous interview and promised to protect Spencer's identity.
Key Quotes (3)
"There is no such thing as a 'good' abortionist. All of them are in business strictly for money."Source
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"I published an anonymous interview with Dr. Robert Spencer, a truly humane abortionist, promising that I would go to prison sooner than reveal his identity."Source
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"At a time when 5,000 women were killed each year by criminal abortionists who charged as much as $1500, his"Source
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I Ran an Underground Abortion Referral Service
When abortion was illegal, women had no choice but to seek out back-alley butchers for what should have been a medical procedure in a sterile environment. If there was a botched surgery and the victim went to a hospital, the police were called and they wouldn’t allow the doctor to provide a painkiller until the patient gave them the information they sought.
In 1962, there was an article in Look magazine that stated, “There is no such thing as a 'good' abortionist. All of them are in business strictly for money.” But in an issue of The Realist, I published an anonymous interview with Dr. Robert Spencer, a truly humane abortionist, promising that I would go to prison sooner than reveal his identity.
He had served as an Army doctor in World War I, then became a pathologist at a hospital in Ashland, Pennsylvania. He went down into the shafts after a mine accident, and aided miners to obtain Workmen’s Compensation for lung disease. At a time when 5,000 women were killed each year by criminal abortionists who charged as much as $1500, his
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