Thursday, September 18, 2025

September 18, 1993: Abortion Fatal for Black Woman in North Carolina

Thirty-six-year-old Kathy McKnight (pictured) of Charlotte, North Carolina underwent an abortion on September 17, 1993. Early the next morning, Kathy had trouble breathing. She was taken to University Memorial Hospital in Charlotte, North Carolina. Kathy died in the emergency room. Her autopsy revealed that she died of a pulmonary embolism.

Sources: 
  • North Carolina Certificate of Death # 044550
  • Chief Medical Examiner (Chapel Hill) Investigation Report # 93-1948
  • North Carolina Deaths Indexes, 1908-2004


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