On March 25, 1962, Jolene Joyce Griffith died of complications of a back alley abortion performed March 3 by Dr. J. Bryan Henrie, an osteopath, at his clinic in Grove, Oklahoma. Jolene developed an infection, and, according to her survivors, Griffith abandoned her and provided no care to treat the infection. On March 10, Jolene had been admitted to a hospital in Tulsa, where she was treated until her death.
Jolene's abortion was typical of illegal abortions in that it was performed by a doctor.
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