Madame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist

by Jennifer Wright

A Stanford University study from 1921 estimated that one in every 1.7 to 2.3 pregnancies ended in abortion. Banning abortion did not stop the procedure and, in some cases, it seems to have increased the rate at which women had them.