Abortion deaths in 1981

The Centers for Disease Control deigned to count the following abortion deaths in their most recent Abortion Surveillance Summary, for 2004:



Today I'll look at deaths in 1981. They count 9 -- 8 legal and 1 illegal.

That said, we can look at the deaths I know of. I have 10 deaths:

Barbara Auerbach died of a fatal intestinal obstruction after her safe, legal abortion.

Diane Boyd was a mentally disabled rape victim, one of three abortion patients to die under the care of National Abortion Federation champion Robert Crist.

Sheryl Cottone died when an embolism lodged in her heart.

Barbara Dillon was certainly not counted by the CDC, because her death was caused by her abortionist's failure to diagnose an ectopic pregnancy.

Norma Greene died of an embolism in her lungs.

Barbara Lerner died of blood poisoning after her abortion.

Maura Morales was one of four women to die at the same seedy Miami abortion mill.

"Isabel" Roe is one of the women the CDC actually counted; they wrote up her death from peritonitis.

Sharonda Rowe died from a massive air embolism.

Robin Wells lapsed into a fatal coma after her safe, legal abortion.



For more abortion deaths, visit the Cemetery of Choice:



For more abortion deaths broken down by year, see this post.

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