Parnell v. State

WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is abortion; the punishment, two years.

The state’s theory, supported by its evidence, is that the 14-year-old Negro girl was taken to a Doctor Jackson by her grandmother. Dr. Jackson found that she was pregnant, and found no symptoms to indicate anything other than a normal pregnancy.

Before going to Dr. Jackson the girl had attempted to abort herself with a pen staff. After her examination by Dr. Jackson she took hot ginger, which she had heard would cause abortion.

She had no symptoms of sickness which would indicate that she would not have a normal delivery, except…