Amelia Beckerabortionists, abortionistsmale, abortionistsfemaleAd, possibly Amelia Becker’s, from a 1904 Chicago TribuneOn March 31, 1926, 24-year-old Louise Maday died at Chicago’s West End Hospital from complications of an abortion performed at an earlier date. Midwife Amelia Becker was held by the coroner on April 27.