Sometime in the 1970s, “Tanya” underwent the first of two first-trimester suction abortion procedures. From there, she would have twenty-five days to live.
After the first attempt, Tanya was discovered to still be pregnant. A second suction abortion was attempted and she was sent on her way again. Both times, all opportunities to save her life were wasted.
Just a few weeks after the first abortion attempt, Tanya was bleeding internally and underwent surgery in an attempt to save her life. It was discovered that she had an ectopic pregnancy in her left fallopian tube, which was surgically removed to try to stop the internal bleeding. All attempts at treatment came too late and Tanya died.
Upon autopsy, the rest of the damage to Tanya’s body was found. Her reproductive system was so severely scarred that both ovaries were “bound down” by scar tissue. Her uterus was noted to be enlarged, and the pathologist determined that she probably had a rare condition: she was the mother of heterotopic twins. One twin had been in her left fallopian tube.
The gold standard for diagnosing a heterotopic pregnancy is an ultrasound. Had Tanya received an adequate pre-op exam and ultrasound before either of the abortion attempts, her condition should have been diagnosed. When she was still pregnant after the first attempt, that was a red flag that she needed to be screened for a possible ectopic pregnancy. Rare or not, Tanya’s condition should have been detected fairly easily before or after either of the abortion procedures.
It is also worth noting that Tanya had previously had two abortions. This may have caused or contributed to one of the twins being ectopic, especially because her organs were so scarred that her ovaries were bound down. It has long been known that past abortion is a risk factor for future ectopic pregnancy, most likely due to internal scarring like Tanya had. (One study even found that half of ectopic pregnancies in the studied region may have been attributable to past abortions.)
Studies have shown that the death-to-case rate for ectopic pregnancies concurrent with induced abortion is actually higher than for women not undergoing abortion. This is because of the all-too-common negligence these women experience at the hands of the abortion industry.
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