On This Day 1962: Abortion mother returns home
I'm old enough to remember this story:
This woman was a host on Romper Room. Needless to say, she lost her job. She was 30 years old at the time and this was her 5th pregnancy! No wonder she needed tranquillizers. She was remarkably poised throughout the whole ordeal.
Sherri Finkbine, a TV presenter from Phoenix in Arizona, was denied
an abortion in her home-state following intense negative publicity surrounding her case. The 30-year-old mother decided to terminate her fifth pregnancy after discovering that tranquilizers she had taken in the first few weeks of her
pregnancy contained the drug Thalidomide.
This woman was a host on Romper Room. Needless to say, she lost her job. She was 30 years old at the time and this was her 5th pregnancy! No wonder she needed tranquillizers. She was remarkably poised throughout the whole ordeal.
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