July 12, 2002: Chicago Planned Parenthood Death

Irene Stevenson underwent an abortion at a Chicago Planned Parenthood in 2002. She developed an infection and died on July 12. Her widower, Maurice, sued Planned Parenthood, Dr. Lloyd Gregg, Dr. Murray Pelta, and Michael Reese Hospital for malpractice, but the case was dismissed by stipulation in 2006. 

I'm not certain what roles Dr. Gregg and Dr. Pelta played in Irene's death, but Pelta is an abortionist with a lot of cases noted on AbortionDocs.

Commenting on the lack of public records on abortion deaths, Maurice told the Chicago Tribune, "It's outrageous. These procedures, complications and deaths should be public record."

When the Chicago Tribune was investigating the lack of records, Carole Brite, then president of Planned Parenthood of Illinois, could not confirm if they had reported Irene's death, since the records were in storage, but did say that Planned Parenthood had reported a patient's 2008 death. 

My research arm, Keely, found a wrongful death lawsuit against planned Parenthood: Estate of Bonnie Hunt vs. Planned Parenthood. Bonnie died at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago at the age of 44 on August 5, 2008. 

The other Planned Parenthood deaths I have in my records are:

• Elise Kalat in 1987
• Diana Lopez in 2002
• Holly Patterson and Vivian Tran in 2003
• Edrica Goode in 2007
• Roselle Owens in 2009
• Tonya Reaves in 2012,
• Cree Erwin-Shephard in 2016

Watch One More Planned Parenthood Grave on YouTube.

Sources:

• Cook County Circuit Court Case Information Summary for Case Number 2002-L-015845
• "State abortion record full of gaps," Chicago Tribune, June 16, 2011