1974: Fatal abortion in Fresno hospital

Life Dynamics lists 38-year-old Bonnie Fix on their "Blackmun Wall" of women killed by legal abortions.

LDI put together the following information on Bonnie's death:

Bonnie, a mother of four, was admitted to Fresno Community Hospital on February 7, 1974.

Doctors there performed an abdominal hysterectomy on Bonnie.

Codes used at the state registrar's office inidcate that an abortion had been induced on Bonnie for medical reasons.

Several days after her hysterectomy, Bonnie began to suffer bowel and lung problems.

She suffered cardiac arrest and was pronounced dead on February 12.

LDI's source: California Certificate of Death # 74-016613; Fresno County (CA) Superior Court, Case # 168185