Lorraine Rothman

Lorraine Rothman
Born
Evelyn Lorraine Fleishman

(1932-01-12)January 12, 1932
San Francisco, California, US
DiedSeptember 25, 2007(2007-09-25) (aged 75)
Fullerton, California, US
Alma materCalifornia State University, Los Angeles
Known forMenstrual extraction

Evelyn Lorraine Rothman (January 12, 1932 – September 25, 2007) was an American activist. She was a founding member of the feminist self-help clinic movement. In 1971, she invented the Del-Em menstrual extraction kit to make abortions available to women before Roe v. Wade. She was an advocate of self-induced abortions.

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