Sometime from 1972 to 1981, "Jade" went to an abortion facility that was participating in the JPSA (Joint Program for the Study of Abortion). 87 total maternal deaths were reported in the study analyzing deaths from second-trimester abortion. It is important to note that this study is a review of cases and should by no means be treated as a comprehensive total of all maternal deaths from second-trimester legal abortion in the studied location and time. News reports, lawsuits and other studies were later compared by researchers and found far more deaths that went uncounted in the JPSA’s tally.
Despite having little specific data for each case, it was possible for later researchers to confirm that some of the deaths reported did not match any already known to their records. One of these women was given the pseudonym “Jade.”
Jade underwent an instillation abortion in the second trimester sometime between 1972 and 1981. This method was done by extracting fluid from the amniotic sac and replacing it with a toxic liquid solution, usually hypertonic saline or a prostaglandin compound. After the baby died from internal and external exposure to the chemical, Jade would have gone through labor and deliver the corpse.
Jade’s mental health was adversely affected by her ordeal. After the abortion, she committed suicide.
Her case is consistent with a case from a study noting a suicide after a saline abortion in 1973.
J Reprod Med. July 1985 Edition
The Comparative Safety of Second-Trimester Abortion Methods, Ciba Found. Symposium 1985
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