Sheryl Cottone, Abortion Death

Sheryl Cottone, Abortion Death

Embolism stopped her heart

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Sheryl Cottone was 23 years old when she underwent a first trimester abortion in June of 1981.

She was rushed to Veteran's Memorial Hospital in Waukon, Iowa, on July 1. She was pronounced dead on arrival.

An autopsy found that she had died from an embolism that lodged in her heart.

Source: Iowa Death Certificate 81-013385

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