Carol Downer, Feminist Leader in Women’s Health, Dies at 91
She opened clinics, worked to educate women about their reproductive health, and promoted an abortion technique she felt was ...
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Carol Downer, a founder of the women’s health movement, dies at 91
Another activist, Lorraine Rothman, perfected the device, which consisted of flexible tubes, a jar and a syringe, and was used to perform the procedure known as menstrual extraction. (Absent a ...
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Carol Downer, feminist leader in women's health, dies at 91
Doctors called the technique a vacuum extraction. The women called it a menstrual extraction -- it was also a way to regulate menstrual flow -- as a kind of linguistic feint. Downer set out to ...