Health + Wellness: Jane Hodgson

Womanica - A podcast by iHeartPodcasts and Wonder Media Network

Jane Hodgson (1915-2006) was a doctor who fought fiercely for abortion rights. In 1970, three years before Roe v. Wade, she became the first doctor arrested for performing an illegal abortion in a hospital. She did so intentionally, to challenge–and change–her state’s law.

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