Up until recently, this was all I knew about the abortion death of 29-year-old Gail Wright: She was 29 years old and 20 weeks pregnant when she underwent a legal abortion. After her abortion, she developed sepsis. She died of adult respiratory distress syndrome on March 26, 1986, in Maplewood, Essex County, New Jersey, leaving behind a husband.
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| Dr. E. Wyman Garrett |
I've since found a news article that revealed a surprise: the abortionist was E. Wyman Garrett, who two years earlier had sent a 14-year-old patient home to die of a massive infection.
Garrett had performed Gail's abortion at University Hospital in Newark some time shortly before March 21, when he was suspended from privileges at the hospital. He had been suspended for botching four abortions -- the one that killed the teenage girl, one where he left the fetal head in the patient's uterus, and one in which he caused "massive" uterine lacerations, and another whose abortion was performed at 32 weeks, far past the hospital's cut-off for gestational age.
Those weren't the only cases Garrett was in trouble for. He pleaded "no contest" with the medical board for 31 instances of "gross malpractice," mostly related to abortion cases. (More on his unsavory career is covered here.)
Gail died on March 26 in Overlook Hospital in Summit, New Jersey. It's unclear if she had been transferred there from University Hospital or if she had been discharged from University and then had gone to Overlook later.
Garrett's excuse for botching abortions was "burnout." He had been performing 12 to 14 second-trimester abortions daily at University Hospital. That means roughly one abortion every 30 to 35 minutes, assuming an 8-hour work day with an hour for lunch and no bathroom breaks. When you consider that the procedure itself typically takes 15 to 30 minute according to UCLA Health, That's not allowing much time to speak to the patient or even wash his hands between procedures.
Garrett was paid $250 to $300 by the hospital for each abortion, so his daily income could range from $3,000 to $4,200 ($8,700 to a little over $12,000 in 2025).
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Sources:
- New Jersey Certificate of Death #18231
- "UMDNJ chief backs suspension of physician," (Newark, NJ) Star-Ledger, November 21, 1986
- "UMDNJ, doctor face abortion death suit," (Newark, NJ) Star-Ledger, January 29, 1987
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