"In 1898, a group of schoolboys in Bridgeport, Connecticut, discovered gruesome packages under a bridge holding the dismembered remains of a young woman. Finding that the dead woman had just undergone an abortion, prosecutors raced to establish her identity and assign blame for her death. Suspicion fell on Nancy Guilford, half of a married pair of "doctors" well known to police throughout New England. This historical true crime examination defies the stereotypes of abortion in the era before Roe v. Wade and shows that laws and prosecution can't stop the procedure, even when driving it underground creates deadly consequences"-- Provided by publisher.
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