![]() The boyfriend suggested she get an abortion. Her boyfriend, who had no job and lived with his parents, “freaked,” said Barron, who appears in a recent HBO documentary. When the bleeding didn’t stop, her bed-ridden mother made her go to the hospital.Īt 24, Barron was taking care of her ailing mother and her 2-year-old daughter when she discovered she was pregnant. “Then all of a sudden they were gone.”īleeding profusely, Barron managed to find a cab to take her home. They spoke all of three sentences to me the entire time: ‘Where’s the money?’ ‘Lie back and do as I tell you.’ And finally ‘Get in the bathroom,’” when the abortion was over, Barron said. Suddenly three men and a woman came in the door. ![]() She was told to go to a specific room, sit on the bed and wait. The motel Barron was sent to was in an unfamiliar part of Chicago, a scary “middle of nowhere,” she said. Then it hit her: She had just arranged an illegal abortion with the Chicago Mafia. ![]() Don’t be late and don’t forget the cash.” The voice disappeared.ĭorie Barron told CNN she recalls staring blankly at the phone in her hand, startled by the sudden empty tone. ![]() “You can’t afford more than the Chevy? Fine,” the voice growled. A Cadillac was around $500, and the Rolls Royce was $1,000. The voice on the phone in 1966 was gruff and abrupt: “Do you want the Chevy, the Cadillac or the Rolls Royce?”Ī Chevy abortion would cost about $200, cash in hand, the voice explained. ![]()
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