Shanghai, Mar, 23.
Charged with abortion causing death of the mother, a Chinese woman doctor named Chu Wen-fang who has an office at House No. 18 Lane 713 Gordon Road, was sentenced to one year and six months' imprisonment yesterday by the First Special District Court. Tt was revealed in ted court that, unwilling to shoulder the burden of a new baby, an expectant mother, Mrs. Liu Ching-hsiang who lived at 94 Cheng Ching Li, Taku Road, recently asked the sentenced doctor to perform an illegal operation. She took some medicine given by the accused doctor without the knowledge of her husband and died shortly afterwards. At the request of the husband the doctor was arrested.
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