Mary Ives was a 28-year-old horticulturist at the University of Connecticut when she had an abortion 19 weeks into her pregnancy. 
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She was admitted to W.W. Backus Hospital in Norwich, Connecticut, for treatment of complications of the abortion, but her heart and lungs failed due to amniotic fluid embolism (amniotic fluid that got into Mary's bloodstream).
Mary was pronounced dead on August 7, 1983.
Sources:
- "Fatal Pulmonary Embolism During Legal Induced Abortion in the United States from 1972-1985," Lawson et al., American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vol. 162, No. 4, April 1990, p. 986-990
- Connecticut Death Certificate No. 106-83-017389
- Connecticut death index file #17399
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