Dr. Sidney Laughlin got into trouble for performing abortions in his home and sterilizing his equipment in the dishwasher. Nurse Gayla Ennis, who claimed that she had helped him perform”four or five”abortions, notified authorities who staked out his house, which was across the street from an elementary school.
They found the remains of what officials thought to be a 16 week old aborted baby in his trash. The results of the autopsy on the aborted baby:
“Definitely identifiable human tissue consists of a right and left arm, both of which have been dismembered at the shoulder joint…a portion of the mid body is seen …consisting of the back and buttocks. This specimen contains a definitely identifiable spinal cord with numerous organs of which a kidney is observed. Also present are right and left leg and foot, all having definitively identifiable digits as do the hands.There is a head portion also present which has been macerated and opened and shows no definitive brain, but fragments of what appear to be brain tissue are observed with the remains. … The head has also been dismembered from the remaining portion of the body.”
The nurse claimed that she stopped working with Laughlin after he allegedly aborted a baby at his home that according to her, “looked about 28 weeks”
She told reporters,
“I was shocked and after that one didn’t help him anymore with anything. Sid had a few special instruments that he had special ordered, they were 12 to 14 inches long, had a 1 to 2 inch headwith sharp teeth on the forceps part that he used to break up body parts.”
“Doctor Investigated In Abortion Allegations” Daily Oklahoman 7/15/1992
