Erica Kay Richardsonteens, maryland, secretabortion, embolism, 1980sSUMMARY: Erica Richardson, age 16, died March 2, 1989 after an abortion performed by Gene Crawford in Prince George’s County, MD.
Sixteen-year-old Erica was brought to Dr. Gene Crawford by her aunt on March 1, 1989 for a safe, legal abortion. Erica’s aunt reported that Crawford left the girl unattended for four hours after her abortion, then at 11PM carried her to the car and instructed her aunt to take her home.
Erica’s aunt, a nurse, instead took the girl to a hospital. Erica died of an embolism (foreign matter or air in the bloodstream) shortly after midnight on March 2.
Erica’s mother had not known that her daughter was going to have an abortion.
Sources: Prince George’s (MD) Journal 5/30/90
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