Abortion trial of Emily Stowe

Abortion trial of Emily Stowe
Abortion trial of Emily Stowe
Court	Ontario County Court
Decided	1879
Defendant	Dr. Emily Stowe

The abortion trial of Emily Stowe was a famous early Canadian judicial decision on abortion in Canada. The case involved Dr. Emily Stowe, one of Canada's first female doctors. Stowe was acquitted, which was a rare outcome for abortion trials in the nineteenth century.^[1]^: 178

^ Backhouse, Constance B (October 1991). "The Celebrated Abortion Trial of Dr. Emily Stowe, Toronto, 1879". Canadian Bulletin of Medical History. 8 (2): 159–187. doi:10.3138/cbmh.8.2.159. ISSN 0823-2105.

[Backhouse-1] Backhouse, Constance B (October 1991). "The Celebrated Abortion Trial of Dr. Emily Stowe, Toronto, 1879". Canadian Bulletin of Medical History. 8 (2): 159–187. doi:10.3138/cbmh.8.2.159. ISSN 0823-2105.

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