![]() ![]() 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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