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Tales of the Town
A Wee Abortion in the Sixties, Part 3 (Tales of the Town)
Nicole Jeffords
October 26, 2020
This was a time when abortion was strictly forbidden; doctors could lose their license and go to jail, and so could parents, like mine.
A Wee Abortion in the Sixties, Part 2 (Tales of the Town)
Nicole Jeffords
October 21, 2020
An illicit pregnancy in the sixties meant being shamed and stigmatized - or seeking out some most likely shady doctor to perform an abortion.
A Wee Abortion in the Sixties – Part 1 (Tales of the Town)
Nicole Jeffords
October 20, 2020
In 1963, when she was twenty years old, my sister had an abortion. She had been a virgin, until she met a ruggedly handsome Italian in Davos.