Andrea Marie Corey, a 31-year-old bookkeeper was referred by nearby Planned Parenthood to Southern Tier Women's Services in New York for a safe and legal abortion.
Andrea was sent home after her abortion, but she had retained tissue that caused clostridium perfringens septicemia ("gas gangrene"). She died in the emergency room of Rutland Regional Medical Center in Rutland, Vermont on February 28, 1993.
Sources:
- “Informed Consent,” The Rutland (VT) Tribune, February 23, 1996
- Death certificate
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