Debra Walton, Abortion Death

Debra Walton, Abortion Death

Went into septic shock three weeks after abortion

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1989 Deaths

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Alabama Abortion Deaths

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Debra Walton was 35 years old when she underwent an abortion in the fall of 1989.

On September 24, 1989, about three weeks after the abortion, she was admitted to University Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama. She was in septic shock.

Despite efforts to save her, she died the next day, September 25, 1989.

Her death certificate does not say where the abortion took place or who performed it.

Source: Alabama Death Certificate 89-027305

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