Health + Wellness: Jane Hodgson

Published: Jan. 17, 2022, 10 a.m.

Jane Hodgson (1915-2006) was a doctor who fought fiercely for abortion rights. In 1970, three years before Roe v. Wade, she became the first doctor arrested for performing an illegal abortion in a hospital. She did so intentionally, to challenge\u2013and change\u2013her state\u2019s law.