According to her death certificate, 21-year-old Linda L. of Tennessee underwent an abortion on June 14, 1980. (Because her family never went public with her story, I am withholding her last name.)
The death certificate does not say where, or who performed the abortion. It does say, though, that her uterus was perforated. As a result, Linda developed sepsis and went into shock. She died on July 16, 1980.
As a Black woman, she was more likely than a white woman to die from abortion complications for reasons that have never been adequately explored.
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Source: Tennessee Death Certificate No. 80 021135
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