Thanks to New York’s pre-Roe legalization, many people died from “safe and legal” abortion. One of them was a teenage New York City resident who did not even survive a month after her abortion.
18-year-old “LeeAnne” was perfectly healthy when she underwent a D&C surgical abortion at 13 weeks pregnant. She didn’t know that she was about to endure a series of terrible complications that would claim her life in about three weeks.
LeeAnne quickly developed a pelvic abscess that needed medical attention. Draining it revealed not only fluid or pus, but the necrotic corpse of her baby. The corpse was removed from the abscess cavity, but the damage was done. In addition to the decaying human remains that rotted inside of her for several days, LeeAnne suffered a perforated uterus. She now had a horrible infection.
The injuries and infection were so severe that doctors had to perform a hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy to try to save her. At 18 years old, LeeAnne lost her uterus, fallopian tubes and both ovaries. Even if she survived, her health and body would be permanently affected. She had no chance of ever having another child and would be facing an extremely early onset of menopause.
Despite aggressive intervention, LeeAnne’s sepsis progressed and she died on July 29, 1970. In 23 days, a perfectly healthy teenager lost her child, her reproductive organs and her life to “safe and legal” abortion.
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