D
Danforth, Dr. David N., 238 , 239
Davis, Martha F., 336 n72
D.C. General Hospital, 210
Death certificates, falsification of, 97 , 130 , 104 n70, 329 n59
Delaware, abortion reform in, 331 n15
DeLee, Dr. Joseph B., 64 , 267 n7
Depression, Great: abortion activism during, 336 n77;
abortion during, 14 , 132 -47, 298 n7;
fertility rate in, 162 ;
legalized abortion movement during, 141 ;
liberalizing trends of, 173 ;
physician-abortionists during, 148
Detroit: Harper Hospital, 174 ;
raids in, 319 n47;
therapeutic abortion committees in, 174 ;
women's liberation groups in, 333 n35. See also Florence Crittendon Hospital; Keemer, Dr. Edgar Bass
Dilation and curettage (D & C), 72 , 78 , 156 , 225 . See also Curettes
Discourse: of antiabortionists, 248 ;
feminist, 262 n21;
radicalization of, 223 ;
on reproductive rights, 223 , 254 ;
on sex, 102
Discourse, female: on abortion, 21 , 23 -24, 44 , 229 -30;
on reproductive rights, 44
Discourse, medical: on abortion, 7 -8, 24 -25, 61 -63, 67 , 164
Disease: societal definition of, 278 n53;
in therapeutic abortion, 278 n55
in abortion decisions, 184
Dixon-Jones, Dr. Mary, 69
Doe v. Bolton , 244 , 245 , 252
Doe v. Scott , 235 -40, 335 n66;
appeals on, 240 ;
attorneys in, 336 n80;
filing of, 335 n67;
judges in, 239 ;
overturn of, 242 -43;
plaintiffs in, 238 -39. See also Test cases
Domesticity., of McCarthy era, 315 n10
Dorsett, Dr. Walter B., 64 , 82 , 90
Double standards, sexual, 12 , 28 ;
as factor in abortion, 59 ;
feminists on, 230 ;
in prosecution of abortion, 115 ;
in therapeutic abortion committees, 200
Drugstores. See Pharmacies
Dubin, Leonard, 221
Due process rights, 247 , 317 n33
Duff, Dr. J. Milton, 82
Duffy, Capt. Thomas, 160 , 161 , 167
Dye, Nancy Schrom, 295 n112
Dying declarations: coercion in, 301 n34;
collection by hospitals, 121 ;
collection by physicians, 119 -20, 122 , 123 -24, 126 ;
in common law, 118 ;
contents of, 126 ;
destruction of, 124 ;
Illinois Supreme Court on, 116 , 297 n6;
legal status of, 298 n14, 300 n32;
marital status m, 128 ;
use in court, 297 n6. See also Inquests, coroners'