Friday, February 28, 2025

February 28, 1992: Virgin Islands or Puerto Rico?

Diane Adams died February 28, 1992 in Pureto Rico after an abortion most likely performed by Angel Acevado Montalvo in the US Virgin Islands. Public records indicate that Diane was black, which placed her at higher risk both of being sold an abortion and of dying once she climbed on the table.

The only information I've been able to gather on Diane  comes from pro-life web sites. Human Life International mentions that abortionist Angel Acevado Montalvo was charged with  manslaughter in two cases of maternal deaths from safe and legal abortion. HLI also notes that after his conviction, Montalvo went right back to business doing abortions. 

Priests for Life posts a list of women who have died from legal abortions, including Diane Adams, whose date of death they give as February 28, 1992. They cite a March 5, 1992 article in the Virgin Islands Daily News

They cite one other death, that of Rosael Rodriguez, from that article. Rosael Rodriguez and Diane Adams are most likely the two women referred to by HLI. 

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