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In reply to the discussion: I opened the bathroom door and found my roommate's girlfriend in a pool of blood [View all]Sam McGee
(347 posts)I was born in 1949. My grandfather's youngest sister was born in 1905, died in 1985. She was a nurse back in the day when nurses wore starched white uniforms, white caps, white hose, white shoes.
She was head nurse at our little rural hospital for what seemed like forever.
A few years before she died, I was interviewing her for my family history records. She was delighted to talk and talk and talk. The conversation somehow got around to abortion. She was quiet for a minute then said, "Well, you know that was illegal for the longest time. But we did them. If a woman didn't want it at our clinic, we could refer her to a retired doctor in XXXXX. We just didn't talk about it. For the black folks, there was an old retired nurse over in XXXX County."