Day 5: Applaud Patricia Maginnis!
Applaud Patricia Maginnis!
In 1959, Patricia Maginnis began handing out information on San Francisco street corners about obtaining safe and affordable illegal abortions. Through her gesture, Ms. Maginnis became the first abortion rights activist in history. In 1961, she formed the Society for Humane Abortion that called for the repeal of all laws criminalizing abortion in California. She also developed a do-it-yourself abortion method that many women on the West Coast used to terminate unwanted pregnancies.
