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![Mrs. Finkbine’s Baby Aborted in Sweden](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_ecc36f60c87742de9eab9f04c52dce99~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_ecc36f60c87742de9eab9f04c52dce99~mv2.webp)
Aug 18, 2022
Mrs. Finkbine’s Baby Aborted in Sweden
Aug. 18, 1962 - Mrs. Sherri Finkbine of Phoenix, Ariz., who received permission in Sweden yesterday for a legal abortion, was operated...
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Aug 17, 2022
Mrs. Finkbine Is Permitted an Abortion in Sweden
Aug. 17, 1962 - Mrs. Sherri Finkbine of Phoenix, Ariz., won permission today in Stockholm, Sweden, for a legal abortion. The three-member...
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Aug 7, 2022
Mrs. Finkbine Visits Swedish Doctor, Will Apply for Abortion
Aug. 7, 1962 - Mrs. Sherri Finkbine (pictured arriving in Sweden with her husband Robert on Sunday) made her first visit to a Swedish...
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![Sherri Chessen News Conference at L.A. International Airport](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HR7C9QW7I24/maxresdefault.jpg)
Aug 4, 2022
Sherri Chessen News Conference at L.A. International Airport
Aug. 4, 1962 - Mrs. Sherri Chessen and her husband Bob gave a news conference today at L.A. International Airport. Mrs. Chessen, who took...
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Aug 4, 2022
Mrs. Finkbine Seeks Abortion in Sweden
Aug. 4, 1962 - Mrs. Sherri Finkbine took off today for Sweden from Los Angeles. There, she hopes, physicians will end the pregnancy she...
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![Arizona Television Host Who Took Thalidomide Seeks Abortion](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_5bc61db64bdb4c18b18fd47773bfe3d4~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_423,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_5bc61db64bdb4c18b18fd47773bfe3d4~mv2.webp)
Jul 31, 2022
Arizona Television Host Who Took Thalidomide Seeks Abortion
July 31, 1962 - Mrs. Sherri Finkbine (pictured), host of the Arizona edition of the nationally syndicated television show “Romper Room,”...
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![Thalidomide Controversy in Phoenix](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_75c2bf1bcac6467e821538f444938439~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_75c2bf1bcac6467e821538f444938439~mv2.webp)
Jul 24, 2022
Thalidomide Controversy in Phoenix
July 24, 1962 - Controversy raged in Phoenix today over a proposed abortion for Sherri Finkbine (pictured), a young Phoenix mother and...
![Ten CBS Affiliates Refuse to Carry Abortion-Themed Episode of "The Defenders"](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_29832b8a5e1a495a98552c0def8c2ccc~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_29832b8a5e1a495a98552c0def8c2ccc~mv2.webp)
Apr 26, 2022
Ten CBS Affiliates Refuse to Carry Abortion-Themed Episode of "The Defenders"
Apr. 26, 1962 - CBS, which will televise a drama about abortion tomorrow night, announced today that 10 of its affiliated stations had...
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![CBS Obtains Sponsorship for "Defenders" Episode about Abortion](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_8fae2f8f444f43e7a39975cdf0d03449~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_8fae2f8f444f43e7a39975cdf0d03449~mv2.webp)
Apr 19, 2022
CBS Obtains Sponsorship for "Defenders" Episode about Abortion
Apr. 19, 1962 - CBS, which lost three sponsors because of a scheduled television drama about an abortionist (Robert F. Simon, pictured),...
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![Three Sponsors of "The Defenders" Withdraw Sponsorship of Abortion Episode](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_b296f6d57d3b473f8cc137c4bab17ea2~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_440,h_330,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_b296f6d57d3b473f8cc137c4bab17ea2~mv2.webp)
Apr 8, 2022
Three Sponsors of "The Defenders" Withdraw Sponsorship of Abortion Episode
Apr. 8, 1962 - All three advertisers who regularly sponsor the CBS-TV legal drama “The Defenders” have withdrawn sponsorship of an...
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