“Sylvia” was 20 and healthy before the abortion that took her life.Her death from a 16- to 17-week hysterotomy abortion was reported to the CDC as a maternal abortion death from amniotic fluid embolism. However, a case report in a medical journal gave more information on the circumstances of her death.
After Sylvia was put under general anesthesia, the abortionist made the incision in her uterus and immediately “encountered” the placenta underneath. Sylvia immediately lost 200 ml of blood from the injury, and the anesthetist then noted that she no longer had a pulse or detectable blood pressure.
Resuscitation attempts managed to restart Sylvia’s heart, but she never regained consciousness. After five days in a coma, she died.
Sylvia’s death was officially attributed to amniotic fluid embolism, which was the cause apparently received by the CDC for her case. However, the medical journal stated that the AFE diagnosis in this case was “tenuous” and that the time between her injury and death would have made it harder to confirm whether she suffered an AFE or not. Her postmortem report did find “suspicious epithelial-like cells” to support the theory, but the injuries inflicted by accidentally cutting directly into the placenta were likely also a major factor. (It should be noted that if an ultrasound had been done before the abortion, the abortionist should have already known the location of the placenta before making any incisions.)
“Sylvia” is on the Life Dynamics Blackmun Wall.
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