“Peggy” had an abortion while pregnant with her fourth child, with all her other children being born alive. Had Peggy not gone in for an abortion, she would have been more likely to survive for reasons that will be fully explained at the end.
The facility estimated Peggy’s uterus to be at normal size for someone not pregnant even though her own tracking of her cycle put her at nine weeks pregnant. This should have been an obvious sign that she needed further examination— had there been an adequate pre-op examination and ultrasound, it should have been easy to make the diagnosis that could have saved Peggy’s life.
After the attempt at a suction curettage abortion, the facility examined what, if anything, was removed only with the naked eye. The “specimen” was not sent to a pathologist for examination, wasting another chance to realize what should have been obvious from the start.
31 days later, Peggy bled to death.
The autopsy found blood in Peggy’s abdominal cavity from the hemorrhage, along with the diagnosis that could have saved her if it had been given while she was still alive. The reason behind the inconsistent uterine size and lack of fetal remains was that she had a rare cornual or interstitial pregnancy. This refers to either a type of ectopic pregnancy that involves implantation at the site where the fallopian tube meets the uterus or a pregnancy involving implantation in an improperly formed “horn” of a bicornate uterus. Although the placenta was intact, the left wall of Peggy’s uterus was eroded by injury. She had bled to death.
Dr. Wendy Recant, the director of surgical pathology at Michael Reese Hospital, wrote after another woman’s death from the same negligence, “It would be the grossest kind of malpractice to miss one ectopic pregnancy and one woman went home and bled to death.” Yet negligence of this level is so widespread and common in the abortion industry that women with undiagnosed ectopic pregnancies who choose (or are coerced into) abortions are more likely to die than those who don’t.
A few others who died after abortion facilities negligently failed to diagnose ectopic pregnancies include Yvette Poteat, Doris Grant, Laura Sorrels, Tia Archeiva Parks, Brenda Vise, Lynette Wallace, Sherry Emry, Josefina Garcia, Claudia Caventou, Magnolia Reed Thomas, Angela Satterfield, Gladyss Estanislao, Janyth Caldwell, Barbara Dillon, Nancy Hopper and unidentified women and girls given the following pseudonyms: Ava Roe, Tanya Roe, Evelyn Roe, Shayna Roe, Ella Roe, Kristy Roe, Skye Roe, Tess Roe, Denise Roe.
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