"Patsy" Roe, Illegal Abortion Death

"Patsy" Roe, Illegal Abortion Death

Died after abortion by Ida Cantor

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On February 6, 1924, Ida Cantor performed an abortion on a woman not named in Westlaw summaries. I'll refer to her as "Patsy" Roe.

Patsy developed septicemia after the abortion, and went to a hospital on February 11. She was treated there until her death on February 26.

The jury found that Ida used improperly sterilized or non-sterile instruments in the abortion.

Source: 257 Mass. 518, 154 N.E. 251, 49 A.L.R. 958; Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester. Szadiwicz v. Cantor Nov. 24, 1926; Exceptions from Superior Court, Worcester County; E. B. Bishop, Judge; Action of tort by Waclaw Szadiwicz, administrator, against Ida Cantor for the death and conscious suffering of plaintiff's decedent

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