A Knitting Needle Abortion Trial: The Case of Marla Pitchford
Forty-four years ago, a college student lying semi-conscious in a hospital bed confessed in her police statement: “After being rejected by my fiancé I was afraid and crying… I had no way out. I felt like dying.” Marla Pitchford was arrested. In June 1978, she was indicted by the grand jury for manslaughter and for […]