anu ary ▁ 3 1 , ▁ 1 8 9 2 ▁– ▁June ▁ 1 9 8 1 ) ▁was ▁a ▁phys ician ▁who ▁performed ▁illegal ▁abort ions ▁in ▁the ▁Baltimore ▁and ▁Washington , ▁D . C . ▁area ▁from ▁ 1 9 2 0 ▁to ▁ 1 9 5 1 . ▁ ▁Tim anus ▁and ▁one ▁other ▁abort ion ▁provider ▁performed ▁an ▁estimated ▁ 9 0 % ▁criminal ▁abort ions ▁in ▁Baltimore . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 0 , ▁Tim anus ▁used ▁his ▁criminal ▁trial ▁to ▁challenge ▁the ▁abort ion ▁laws ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁as ▁Ale ck ▁Bour ne ▁had ▁done ▁in ▁the ▁UK . ▁However , ▁his ▁trial ▁and ▁that ▁of ▁another ▁doctor , ▁Ed gar ▁Ke emer , ▁were ▁not ▁understood ▁as ▁challeng es ▁by ▁the ▁public , ▁and ▁Tim anus ▁and ▁Ke emer ▁did ▁not ▁rec ruit ▁other ▁do ctors ▁or ▁patients ▁to ▁their ▁cause ▁in ▁a ▁way ▁that ▁might ▁have ▁built ▁a ▁movement ▁or ▁spark ed ▁national ▁conversation . ▁He ▁was ▁f ined ▁$ 5 , 0 0 0 , ▁sent enced ▁to ▁six ▁months ▁in ▁j ail , ▁and ▁bar red ▁from ▁further ▁practice ▁of ▁medicine . ▁ ▁Tim anus ▁participated ▁in ▁the ▁Pl anned ▁Parent hood ▁Conference ▁on ▁Ab ort ion ▁in ▁America ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 5 . ▁He ▁gave ▁a ▁detailed ▁break down ▁of ▁his ▁patients , ▁of ▁whom ▁he ▁kept ▁met icul ous ▁records , ▁not ing ▁that ▁of ▁ 5 , 2 0 0 ▁women ▁on ▁whom