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Friday, September 06, 2024

September 6, 1989: Self-Induced With an Air Compressor

Legalization was supposed to eliminate dangerous self-induced abortions. Evidently there is something other than illegality driving women to these grisly acts. 

On September 6, 1989, 33-year-old mother of four Laura France was found dead in the garage of her home in Mansfield, Ohio. Laura, part-owner of a bicycle repair shop, evidently attempted a self-induced abortion. She had given herself a massive air embolism by putting 90 psi of air into her own uterus with an 18-inch air hose. 

According to the Ohio Death Index, Laura died at about 3:00 p.m. on September 6.  

Source: Associated Press 9/9/89; Ohio death record

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