Life Dynamics had a memorial on the Blackmun Wall for “Kristy”, whose death was one of ten documented in a JAMA report.
Kristy was 24 and pregnant with her first child when she was subjected to severe negligence by an unidentified abortionist. A first-trimester surgical abortion by suction curettage was attempted. Records state that fetal remains were macroscopically examined on-site and then sent to an outside pathologist, but if this was done, Kristy wasn’t informed of the danger she was in. It should have been obvious after a competent pre-op exam, macroscopic review and an alleged pathological examination that her pregnancy was ectopic.
The facility later claimed that they had noticed and tried to call Kristy, but that the phone number given had been disconnected. However, it would not have been necessary to try to contact her later if she had been competently examined before or if whoever supposedly macroscopically examined the remains of aborted babies had noticed immediately (as they should have) the absence of fetal body parts.
Kristy didn’t survive for even a week. Five days later, her right fallopian tube ruptured at the midsegment. As she bled internally, the lost blood accumulated in her abdominal cavity. She bled to death, and it was completely preventable.
Kristy was only one of ten maternal deaths in the study. All ten died between 1973 and 1978 of a ruptured ectopic pregnancy after attempted legal abortion. Every one of those women should still be alive.
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