More safe-n-legal death

Ruth Montero, age 23, underwent a vacuum abortion of her 8-week pregnancy, under general anesthesia, August 1979, at Women's Care Center in Miami. Ruth awoke from anesthesia in the recovery room, and went into convulsions and cardiopulmonary arrest. She died from hemorrhage and a prolapsed mitral valve on August 7.

Ruth, Myrta Baptiste, Maura Morales, and Shirley Payne all died in a clinic co-owned by Hipolito Barreiro, trained in Argentina and West Africa, but not licensed in U.S. Barreiro was accused of practicing without a license and tampering with witness. The clinic in question was also owned by former criminal abortionist Luis Barquet.

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