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  • Researcher: Women rarely prosecuted for abortions prior to 1973. U of I's Regan disagrees.

    May 20, 2022 11:00 am by ReutersIllinois in the News
    People protest after the leak of a draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito, preparing for a majority of the court to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision later this year, in New York City, U.S., May 3, 2022. REUTERS/Yana Paskova

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    Reuters (May 20) But U of I history professor Leslie Reagan says her research showed that women were often threatened by police, interrogated in hospitals and forced to testify about intimate personal details.

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