Dayton Women's Health Center Records 1972-1997

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Dayton Women's Health Center Records 1972-1997

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Established in Kettering, Ohio, in September 1973, the Dayton Women's Health Center provided a variety of women's reproductive health services, including pregnancy tests, contraceptives, and abortions. This collection consists of the DWHC's administrative records, legal records, newspaper clippings, photographs, audiovisual materials, and memorabilia. Also included are materials on the abortion debate, such as pro-choice and pro-life brochures, pamphlets, newsletters, and other literature; records of picketers at the clinic; and correspondence from the DWHC's opponents and supporters.

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Wright State University, Special Collections and Archives

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The Dayton Women's Health Center, or DWHC, opened on September 7, 1973. Located on South Dixie Highway in Kettering, it provided a variety of women's reproductive health care services, including pregnancy tests, birth control, and abortions. Having opened only months after the Roe v. Wade decision legalized abortion in the United States, the DWHC was the first legal abortion clinic in Dayton, and the first such non-profit facility in Ohio. The organizers behind the DWHC ...

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