A Early Beneficiary of the New York Abortion Law, 1971

"Annie" is one of the women Life Dynamics identifies on their "Blackmun Wall" as having been killed by a safe and legal abortion.

Annie traveled from New Jersey to New York to avail herself of the new law, for a first-trimester abortion on June 24, 1971.

Shortly after she was given anesthesia, Annie went into cardiac arrest, and attempts to revive her failed. She left behind three children.

The 1970 liberalization of abortion had made New York an abortion mecca until the Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court ruling that abortionists could legally set up shop in any state of the union. In addition to "Annie," these are the women I know of who had the dubious benefit of dying from the newfangled safe-and-legal kind of abortion in pre-Roe New York:

• "Judy" Roe, July 12, 1970, cardiac arrest during abortion
• Carmen Rodriguez, July 19, 1970, salt solution intended to kill the fetus accidentally injected into her bloodstream
• Barbara Riley, July 20, 1970, sickle-cell crisis triggered by abortion recommended by doctor due to her sickle cell disease
• "Amanda" Roe, September 22, 1970, sent back to her home in Indiana with an untreated hole poked in her uterus
• Maria Ortega, October 10, 1970, fetus shoved through her uterus into her pelvic cavity then left there
• "Kimberly" Roe, December 23, 1970, cardiac arrest during abortion
• "Amy" Roe, January 2, 1971, massive pulmonary embolism
• "Andrea" Roe, January 20, 1971, overwhelming infection
• "Sandra" Roe, April 18, 1971, committed suicide due to post-abortion remorse
• "Anita" Roe, May 11, 1971, bled to death in her home during process of outpatient saline abortion
• Margaret Smith, June 16 1971, hemorrhage from multiple lacerations during outpatient hysterotomy abortion
• "Audrey" Roe, July 1, 1971, cardiac arrest during abortion
• "Vicki" Roe, August 17, 1971, post-abortion infection
• "April" Roe, August 22, 1971, injected with saline for outpatient abortion, went into shock and died
• "Barbara" Roe, September 23, 1971, cardiac arrest after saline injection for abortion
• "Tammy" Roe, October 13, 1971, massive post-abortion infection
• Carole Schaner, October 20, 1971, hemorrhage from multiple lacerations during outpatient hysterotomy abortion
• "Beth" Roe, December 29, 1971, saline injection meant to kill fetus accidentally injected into her bloodstream
• "Roseann" Roe, February 27, 1971, vomiting with seizures causing pneumonia after saline abortion
• "Connie" Roe, March 8, 1972, cardiac arrest during abortion
• "Julie" Roe, April 16, 1972, holes torn in her uterus and bowel
• "Robin" Roe, May 4, 1972, lingering abortion complications
• "Roxanne" Roe, May 13, 1972, given overdose of abortion sedatives
• "Danielle" Roe, May 17, 1972, air in her bloodstream