Wednesday, September 25, 2024

September 25, 1978: Death in Cleveland

Minnie Lathan is one of the women Life Dynamics identifies on their "Blackmun Wall" as having been killed by a safe and legal abortion. According to Ohio death records, Minnie was of African descent.

Minnie was 41 when she had an abortion and tubal ligation performed some time in September of 1978. Her uterus was perforated and her colon damaged during the procedure. She developed an infection and was hospitalized at Cleveland Clinic Hospital.

She died there on September 25, 1978.

Source: Ohio Certificate of Death # 071410

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