August 16, 1974: Dead Within Hours

Dorothy K. Brown, age 37, underwent an abortion at Friendship Medical Clinic in Chicago on August 16, 1974. 

Within hours, she was dead at a nearby hospital. Her death was attributed to "shock related to hemorrhagic necrosis of uterus."

Julia Rogers and Evelyn Dudley also died after abortions at Friendship Medical Center.

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Sources:

• Friendship Medical Center, Ltd. and T.r.m. Howard, plaintiffs-appellants, v. the Chicago Board of Health et al., Defendants-appellees, 505 F.2d 1141 (7th Cir. 1975)
• "12 dead after abortions in state's walk-in clinics," Chicago Sun-Times, November 19, 1978
• "T.R.M. Howard: Civil Rights Rabble-Rouser, Abortion Provider," Dissent, May 16, 2013