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The latent history of the LAPD's abortion squad

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Could L.A.'s past hint at possible enforcement in states with new abortion bans? ‌ ‌ ?

Could L.A.'s past hint at possible enforcement in states with new abortion bans? ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ [Los Angeles Times] [Essential California Newsletter] April 3, 2023 [View in browser]( [Click to view images](. Danny Galindo, a member of the Los Angeles Police Department’s abortion squad in the early 1950s. (Margie Galindo) By Ryan Fonseca Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California [newsletter](. It’s Monday, April 3. It’s been just over nine months since the U.S. Supreme court [overturned Roe vs. Wade]( ending nearly 50 years of constitutional abortion protection. While some states, [like California]( have moved to strengthen their roles as safe havens, others have [enacted bans on most abortions](. Police and prosecutors in those states must work out how to enforce the new laws. Right now, “no one knows for sure what enforcement of abortion laws will look like,” Times reporter Brittny Mejia wrote last week. “But L.A. in the 1950s and 1960s offers a hint into at least one possibility.” Brittny’s story [chronicles the mostly latent history of the Los Angeles Police Department’s abortion squad]( which went after abortion providers and patients who sought the procedure at a time when it was illegal except to save a woman’s life. Brittny first heard of the LAPD’s abortion squad while reporting on an illegal abortion that took place in California [in 1966](. She found testimony from an LAPD officer who said he was part of the Homicide Division’s “Abortion Detail.” “I immediately thought: ‘What is an abortion detail?’” Brittny told me. “That led me down a rabbit hole of old news clips and archival court records to answer the question.” Public records requests to the LAPD were unsuccessful, so Brittny relied on state archives and testimony from her previous reporting, plus help from Times news researcher Jennifer Arcand, who put together more than a hundred clips from bygone L.A. newspapers. The abortion detail was formed in the early 1950s, when American culture preached a standard for women as the picture-perfect wife and mother. “But throughout the City of Angels, women and girls desperate to get an abortion were dying as a result of operations often done by people not qualified to perform them,” Brittny writes. Officers conducted stakeouts and sting operations, raided suspected abortion sites — including, in one instance, a yacht — and posed as boyfriends or brothers to elicit confessions. The LAPD also had help from hospitals, which at the time were required to report women who came in with possible signs of a criminal abortion. Brittny writes: As women grievously harmed in crudely done procedures lay on their deathbeds, officers tried to get the names of the person who performed the abortion for their “dying declarations.” For her, that was the most surprising aspect of the story. “Growing up in a world with HIPAA, which protects sensitive patient information, I could not wrap my mind around hospital staff calling the cops on women,” Brittny said. One squad member, Det. Danny Galindo, was described at the time as handsome and likeable by journalist [John Bartlow Martin]( who wrote that the abortion squad was “expert at persuading girls to talk.” Galindo would go the gentle route, according to Martin, and if that didn’t work, his partner “talks tough to them.” Brittny wrote: The squad’s arrests included chiropractors, osteopaths, nurses, a cocktail waitress, a former real estate agent and a secretary. One abortion ring netted $2.5 million in two years and included a school that taught the procedure. In 1973, the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe vs. Wade enshrined the right to abortion. Detectives like Galindo were reassigned, and the squad faded away. Could law enforcement rely on similar tactics today in states that move to criminalize the procedure? That’s a persisting uncertainty. While it seems unlikely that abortion squads will return in California, Brittny recounted asking law enforcement in El Paso, Texas, how abortion cases would be handled there, now that the procedure is outlawed. “A spokesperson told me: ‘The El Paso Police Department enforces the laws of the state of Texas; as such, any crime reported to the El Paso Police Department will be investigated and handled accordingly,’” she said. You can [read Brittny’s story on LAPD’s abortion squad here](. And now, here’s what’s happening across California. Note: Some of the sites we link to may limit the number of stories you can access without subscribing. ADVERTISEMENT L.A. STORIES In Chinatown, a network of social clubs has long provided mutual aid to Chinese immigrants excluded from mainstream society. But with many of those immigrants’ children and grandchildren assimilated into U.S. culture, the clubs face an uncertain future. 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[Los Angeles Times]( Check out "The Times" podcast for essential news and more These days, waking up to current events can be, well, daunting. If you’re seeking a more balanced news diet, “The Times” podcast is for you. Gustavo Arellano, along with a diverse set of reporters from the award-winning L.A. Times newsroom, delivers the most interesting stories from the Los Angeles Times every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. [Listen and subscribe]( wherever you get your podcasts. POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT Gov. Gavin Newsom has been on a publicity blitz for months, running TV ads in Florida, putting up billboards in seven states that banned abortion and launching a political action committee. Columnist Mark Z. 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