Diane Smith, age 23, was one of the women mentioned in the Chicago Sun-Times expose, "The Abortion Profiteers."
According to the report and her death certificate, Diane was admitted to Englewood Hospital in Chicago due to hemorrhaging. She told staff that she'd had a legal abortion in a Chicago-area clinic.
Diane was treated for a perforated uterus and sepsis, to no avail. She died on September 11, 1976.
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Source: "12 die after abortions at walk-in clinics," Chicago Sun-Times, November 19, 1978
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Hi, this is K. According to death index records, Diane was a Black woman
Just thought you might want to know for demographic purposes. I’m still checking, but I think most of the dead women from the Profiteers exposé were Black. It’s a disturbing pattern.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9J-G9D6
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