Pacolma Lutheran HospitalmillsThirty-one-year-old Mitsue O. Mohar went to Pacolma Lutheran Hospital in Los Angeles County for a safe and legal abortion on August 5, 1975.
Dr. Baca performed the D&C abortion under general anesthesia. After the abortion, Mitsue went into convulsions. She remained 16 days at Pacolma Lutheran without regaining consciousness.
On August 21, she was transferred to LA County/USC Medical Center, where she died on September 10 without ever regaining consciousness.