2008: Bacterial Endocarditis and Brain Death in Ohio

A report from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Cleveland, Ohio documented a lethal case of multivalvular bacterial endocarditis caused by an abortion. This case study was published in the Obstetrics & Gynecology medical journal in their August 2008 edition.

“Carrie” was 24, perfectly healthy and had absolutely no history of heart problems. She underwent a safe and legal suction curettage abortion at 16 weeks. (Note that the suction method is considered contraindicated at this age because of the size and density of fetal bones.)

Nobody gave Carrie prophylactic antibiotics before the abortion. Ten days later, she came to an emergency room with fever, pain, chills and abdominal tenderness. The hospital suspected a diagnosis of postabortion endometritis with retained fetal tissue. A D&E was scheduled to remove the decaying baby parts left inside of her. She was placed on antibiotics and underwent the surgery at the hospital one day later.

36 hours after the decaying remains were removed from her uterus, Carrie was hypoxic and short of breath. After cardiological testing revealed alarming damage, she was rushed into the operating room for emergency heart surgery.

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Although she had no pre-existing cardiac conditions, she had developed multivalvular bacterial endocarditis and deteriorated rapidly from infection. During emergency cardiac surgery, an abscess was found inside her heart that measured 2x2 cm and the St. Jude aortic valve was almost completely dehisced from the tissue surrounding it. In her last days of life, she had to undergo multiple heart operations, including a replacement of the aortic valve and surgical debridement of the tricuspid valve.

All attempts to save Carrie’s life failed. She developed disseminated intravascular coagulopathy and went into multi-system organ failure and cardiogenic shock. One day after her emergency heart surgeries, she was brain dead. Her family decided to remove her from life support after neurologic testing confirmed the diagnosis.

Multiple aspects of Carrie’s death were preventable. Firstly, not undergoing the abortion in the first place would have prevented these complications. Secondly, the suction method was inappropriate for 16 weeks and the abortion facility should have known that it would put her at risk for retained body parts. Thirdly, as the medical journal noted, the abortion facility failed to provide timely administration of prophylactic antibiotics.

Source: "Multivalvular Bacterial Endocarditis After Suction Curettage Abortion," Obstetrics and Gynecology, August 2008

August 1, 1991: Peritonitis After Abortion in Michigan

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Documents regarding the death of Ingrid L. Thomas, age 28, indicate that her uterus was perforated during a safe, legal abortion abortion. Ingrid was a Licensed Practical Nurse who worked in a nursing home.

Michigan prolife activists have identified Roger Kusner as the doctor who performed the abortion.

As a black woman, she was already at higher risk of being sold an abortion than a white woman and twice as likely, once she climbed on the abortion table, to end up dead. 

Ingrid developed acute peritonitis, and died at Botsford General Hospital August 1, 1991, several days after the abortion.

Sources: death certificate, summary of coroner's notes

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Veteran pro-life investigator Kevin Sherlock asks people of good will to help him have Planned Parenthood prosecuted for profiteering from the rapes and incests of underage girls many thousands of times each year.

Sherlock has  pulled the police records of hundreds of cities and has pulled the child protective services records of multiple states to prove Planned Parenthood staffers are violating mandated reporting laws designed to protect girl victims.   But there is more to be done. Sherlock will make sure more and more evidence gets to federal and state prosecutors who care about protecting girls from abusers and profiteers.

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