The first prosecution was in March 1888 when Abby H. Corner, a practitioner in Medford, Massachusetts, was charged with manslaughter after attending to her own daughter during childbirth; the daughter bled to death and the baby did not survive.
The first prosecution was in March 1888 when Abby H. Corner, a Christian Science practitioner in Medford, Massachusetts, was charged with manslaughter. She had attended to her own daughter during childbirth; the daughter bled to death and the baby did not survive.