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The Nurses

The Nurses

One of the nurses, Margaret, is pregnant and wants to pursue an abortion, but in 1963 in New York City, it's still illegal. She visits an older doctor and nurse who perform illegal abortions in a building. One of the doctors at the hospital decides to risk his medical license and offers to perform the abortion. He shares that his motivation for doing so is that he previously refused to perform an abortion and later learned that the woman died after going to "some charlatan." Ultimately Margaret decides not to have the abortion. 

Keywords: illegal abortion, abortion provider.

Episodes:

The Life

Network:

CBS

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