2009-2019: Reckless Drug Use for Eugenic Abortion Kills Mother

A retrospective study was conducted using data from Rush University Medical Center, Northwestern Memorial Hospital and other Northwestern-affiliated hospitals. The study collected data on patients who received care at those hospitals for complications of second trimester abortions or surgical intervention for fetal demise. “Nikki” was one of many who suffered complications from an abortion late in pregnancy, and the hospital she went to was unable to save her life.

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Nikki was at least 23 weeks pregnant when she underwent a eugenic abortion at an unspecified facility because her child had been diagnosed with anomalies. (The study does not specify what the diagnosis was or what testing was done to confirm, but many prenatal diagnostic tests have a high rate of false positives.) She had a history of one previous C-section but had no recorded health problems.

Nikki’s baby was subjected to a lethal injection of potassium chloride. The FDA has warned that no company has actually sent them scientific proof that the drug is safe and effective for this use, and that it can cause serious side effects. Misoprostol was then administered. According to the FDA’s warnings on misoprostol, these potentially lethal side effects are more likely if the patient has had a previous C-section and is farther than 8 weeks pregnant.

Nikki delivered her dead child, but began to show symptoms of profound DIC (a clotting disorder that can cause hemorrhage) while the placenta was still inside of her. She underwent an emergency D&C, exploratory laparotomy and finally a hysterectomy in an attempt to save her life, but went into cardiac arrest. CPR was attempted, but she couldn’t be revived.

Nikki had apparently suffered an amniotic fluid embolism. This was a foreseeable consequence because the FDA had warned that the off-label use of misoprostol in this way had been known to result in AFE, DIC and maternal death (among other problems).

Many parents report being pressured to abort if their child was diagnosed with any kind of anomaly in utero. A few other women and girls killed by abortion for known or suspected fetal anomalies include Jennifer Morbelli, Alerte Desanges, Linda Boom, Gabriella Cipolletta, Odette Boutte, Michelle Madden, “Beverly Roe” and “Mandy Roe.” Marla Anne Cardamone and Allegra Roseberry also died after being coerced into eugenic abortions, only for their loved ones to later discover that there had never been any fetal anomalies after all.

Contraception, January 2023 Page 55-60