Who were San Francisco's abortion doctors? In the second part of our look at this history, Beth introduces us to three practitioners, including a son who took up the family business after his father retired, and an iconoclastic woman who built a successful practice and never lost a patient.

Sources:

"Murder. Death from an Abortion…The Body Exhumed… Result of a Post Mortem Examination… Arrest of Dr. Charles O'Donnell," Daily Alta California, Volume 23, Number 7630, 11 February 1871

"The Unrepentant Abortionist," Rae Alexandra, KQED

"Inez Burns," Here Lies a Story

Statistics from the Guttmacher Institute:

https://www.guttmacher.org/fact-sheet/induced-abortion-united-states

Wellness Quackery in the the early 19th Century - one example The Macabre History of the Crescent Hotel

Age Gaps in Teen Pregnancies and Teen Pregnancy Statistics

Domestic Violence and Pregnancy

Inez Burns

Entrance to Charles C. O'Donnell's Cozy Castle in Glen Ellen