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The man who saved women

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  • Troup
  • Wainer

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  • Abortion
  • Berman Margaret (Peggy)
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Acquisition number: 
477
Catalogue number: 
emvf0451
File name: 
VF451
File location: 
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Article featuring Dr. Bertram Wainer, the leading abortion law reformer, who founded the Fertility Clinic in Wellington Parade. The article also refers to Dr. Jim Troup, a doctor conducting illegal abortions at his rooms in Hoddle Street while paying the police protection money, and his receptionist Peggy Berman, who blew the whistle.

'The man who saved women' appeared in The Age, Good Weekend 25 Mar 2006 and was written by Fenella Souter.

File also includes: Jo Wainer, 'Abortion case proves need for law change'. The Age, 18 Oct 2010.

 

Item type: 
Article
Number of pages: 
4
Author: 
Fenella Souter
Date of publication or creation: 
2006-03-25
Publisher: 
The Age
Date digitised: 
2018-07-17
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