Bayard Britton performed an abortion on 21 year old Maureen Lynne Tyke at the Aware Women’s Clinic on May 27, 1983. He botched the abortion, and Maureen died five days later after a hysterectomy at a nearby hospital proved unable to save her life.
The autopsy found that Maureen had “florid myocarditis, probably of viral etiology [a serious viral infection of the heart].” The medical examiner added, “The intensity of this myocarditis should indicate that the young woman was very ill and there should have been some signs or symptoms of serious illness at the time she was being prepared for the abortion.”
However, as the autopsy had noted, nobody at the clinic had noticed that Maureen was very ill and in no condition for elective surgery.
Britton became the victim of an anti-abortionist who shot him in 1994. While his death was tragic, it is also tragic that he has been made a hero by the pro-choice community, without any regard for the 21 year old woman he killed.
Sources: “Clinic’s Patient dies 4 Days after abortion,” Jane Shealy, Florida Today, June 1, 1983; Holmes Regional Medical Center, Legal Investigation, Autopsy Report # A-83-128-LMA, 5-31-83; Florida Certificate of Death # 83-042495; “Pro-life activists mourn woman dead a decade,” Florida Today, June 1, 1993
Credit: Christina Dunigan
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