"A Coroner's inquest is now being held on the body of Miss Susannah Lattin, from the evidence at which it appears that since January, twenty children have been born in the house and that they were all adopted out to strangers. No questions were asked and no record was kept of the children's whereabouts."
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Susannah Lattin
1848 – 1868
Susannah Lattin (1848-1868) was an American woman who died of a postpartum infection at an illegal abortion and illegal adoption clinic at 6 Amity Place in New York City. The clinic was operated by Henry Dyer Grindle. She was told to pay $150 (the equivalent of $4,000 in 2020) for an abortion. Grindle determined that she was too far along in her pregnancy, and she stayed at the clinic until she gave birth. The child was anonymously adopted. Her death led to an investigation which resulted in the
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