Deloris Smith, RIP

On this date in 1979, Delores Smith, age 15, died of lingering complications from an abortion performed on her when she was just 14 years old. Delores was fatally injured because staff left her unattended with an anesthesia drip running while they attended to Angela Scott, a 19-year-old abortion patient who had stopped breathing in the recovery room. The girls were injured on June 2. Angela died on June 11.

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