back alley

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“Please don’t take matters into your own hands. Do not put your safety at risk. No back-alley abortions. There are people and funds that will help you. No matter where you live, no matter how desperate of a situation you are in, no matter how helpless it may seem. I promise, you are not alone. Call my office,” Book said.

From Seattle Times

Wade decision that guaranteed a woman’s right to an abortion, Lee spoke candidly and publicly about her decision to have a “back-alley abortion” in Mexico in the mid-1960s when she was just 16 — pronouncing herself “one of the lucky ones” to survive a procedure that took the lives of other women and girls because of unsafe conditions.

From Washington Post

Abortion in California was illegal at the time, so a family friend helped send her to a back-alley clinic in Mexico, she said at the time.

From Seattle Times

Abortion in California was illegal at the time, so a family friend helped send her to a “back-alley clinic in Mexico,” she said at the time.

From Seattle Times

Ms. Michalak called the rise of the latest abortion pill ironic, given that Planned Parenthood has long billed itself as a safe alternative to back-alley abortions.

From Washington Times