Medicine: Abortoria

Dr. Eric Randolph Wilson, 51, of Los Angeles was arrested in Seattle last spring on charges of conspiring to perform abortions. Lack of evidence gained Dr. Wilson an acquittal. His associate, a skillful amateur named Paul de Gaston, was fined $100 & costs for practicing medicine without a license. Notwithstanding the insignificant disposition of these cases, they brought to light enough evidence to expose an amazingly widespread and efficient chain of Pacific Coast abortaria extending from Seattle to San Diego, to cause California to indict five doctors, a businessman, eight lesser associates. Last...

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