1. Bertram Barney Wainer was an Australian doctor who successfully campaigned for legal access to abortion for women in the state of Victoria.
11 Facts About Bertram Wainer
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Bertram Wainer did many odd jobs while attending night school and later the University of Melbourne, where he obtained his medical degree in 1958.
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Bertram Wainer became an army doctor in 1960 but resigned in 1966 as commander of a military hospital to go into private practice in St Kilda, Melbourne.
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Bertram Wainer raised allegations of police corruption in protecting back-yard abortion rackets.
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Bertram Wainer's claims were published in stories written by journalist Evan Whitton in Melbourne's Truth newspaper.
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Bertram Wainer opened the Fertility Control Clinic in East Melbourne in 1972: the first in Australia where public access to abortion could be obtained with no upfront fees.
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Bertram Wainer wrote a book about his experiences, "It Isn't Nice", that was published in 1972.
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In October 1974, Bertram Wainer presented the solicitor-general with a secretly-made tape recording of a senior sergeant talking to a minor criminal.
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Bertram Wainer alleged that the conversation indicated that the policeman had accepted a bribe.
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In 1975, Bertram Wainer was interviewed on ABC TV's The Norman Gunston Show.
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Bertram Wainer died of a heart attack in 1987 at Ararat, Victoria.