cbs news 1965 cbs reports abortion and the law vintage ad

Original vintage broadcasting trade magazine ad for CBS NEWS Reports: Abortion and the Law. I'm going out to have an abortion if you don't do it. It probably will be done badly. I may die. A woman described the arrangement, the method, and the after effects of her illegal abortion to a CVS Television Network audience. During the course of the documentary 4 other women, two of the married, described their experiences. CBS reported on the workings of abortion rings and other unlovely facts that they had uncovered. A convicted abortionist told his story. Other doctors cited cases and expressed sharply conflicting opinions. So did lawyers and clergymen. And the parents of a college girl told what they thought and how they felt when, after complications set in, their daughter told them that she had had such an operation. The next day newspaper reviewers reported on the program, the day after that The New York Times ran an editorial. Many letters poured in, many of them thank you letters. But some viewers were angry and offended. Old 1965 2 page television broadcasting industry advertisement.