Ruth Barnett
Female, Deceased Person
1895 – 1969
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Who was Ruth Barnett?
Ruth Barnett was an abortionist operating in Portland, Oregon from 1918 to 1968. She was born in Hood River, Oregon, in 1895, and died in December 1969 of melanoma. She performed an estimated 40,000 abortions and claimed no maternal deaths.
Barnett co-authored an autobiography, They Weep on My Doorstep.
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