Wednesday, September 25, 2024

September 25, 1989: Safe and Legal in Alabama

Debra Walton was 35 years old when she underwent an abortion in the fall of 1989. 

According to her obituary, she was an unmarried mother of one who had attended Tuskegee Institute and was a member of Harmony Street Baptist Church.

On September 24, 1989, about three weeks after the abortion, she was admitted to University Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama. She was in septic shock

Despite efforts to save her, she died the next day, September 25, 1989. Her death certificate does not say where the abortion took place or who performed it.

Source: Alabama Death Certificate 89-027305

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