Myrta Baptiste, age 26, had abortion of her 10 week pregnancy performed by Orlando Zaldivar at Woman's Care Clinic in Florida on December 18, 1982. But something went wrong. Myrta arrived at the hospital in critical condition due to delay of transfer by the clinic staff. She
bled to death from 2 uterine perforations. Zaldivar could not be reached for 7 hours while hospital staff were struggling to save his patient's life.
Since Zaldivar's license was inactive at the time he performed Myrta's abortion, the CDC classified her death as being due to
illegal abortion rather than legal abortion. The other deaths at that facility --
Ruth Montero,
Shirley Payne, and
Maura Morales -- were counted as legal abortion deaths.
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