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1. A picture of this woman, found dead in a motel room, galvanized activists in favor of decriminalizing abortion. For the first time, they had a photo showing grahically the results of a fatal criminal abortion. A documentary of the woman's life and death continues to motivate those who fear recriminalization will lead to more of the same horrible deaths. Who was this woman?
2. In 1938, Dr. Alec Bourne openly challenged British abortion law by doing what?
3. Dr. Milan Vuitch openly performed elective abortions in Washington, DC, although the law at the time only allowed for abortions to preserve the life or health of the mother. He was arrested and convicted, and challenged his case all the way to the Supreme Court. Did the Court's 1971 ruling overturn the law, as requested by Vuitch?
4. Rosie Jiminez, age 27, was a single mother of one when she mentioned to her doctor that she thought she might be pregnant again. Rosie had undergone two previous abortions funded by Medicaid. Rosie's doctor told her that because of the Hyde Amendment, Medicaid would not pay for another abortion for her. Rosie sought an abortion from a midwife who performed illegal abortions on many Hispanic women in her area. She developed in infection and died on Ocober 3, 1977. Rosie's case is often cited as evidence of the need to restore Medicaid funded abortions to prevent poor women from dying from illegal abortions. What happened to illegal abortion mortality trends in the five years before and after the Federal cut off of Medicaid funds for elective abortions?
5. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was the site of a dramatic confrontation between two disagreeing groups of advocates for legal abortion on Mothers' Day of 1972. What was the confrontation about?
6. Ming Kow Hah was dubbed "Physician of Pain" by the "Chicago Sun-Times" in their expose of problems at abortion facilities. Ironically, one woman seriously injured in an abortion by Hah was Rosa Naperstek-Taft, an attorney who had fought for the right to legal abortion. She suffered complications that led to eight months of hospitalization and numerous surgeries. What public stand did she take after her experience?
7. On December 13, 1996, 27-year-old Sharon Hamplton bled to death in the back seat of her mother's car. Her death was first ruled accidental. But shortly afterward, a political firestorm errupted. What was the issue?
8. Two abortion events came together in 1992, launching the National Right to Life Committee's fight against what they termed "Partial-Birth Abortion." One event involved information about an abortion technique being taught by Martin Haskel. The other event involved the maiming of a 32-week fetus during an abortion attempt by Abu Hayat. What did Haskel and Hayat have in common?
9. In April of 1970, Dr. Jane Hodgson challenged Minnesota's abortion law by doing what?
10. In 1988, 17-year-old Becky Bell died of pneumonia shortly after miscarrying. Pro-choice activists have blamed her death on an illegal abortion. Becky supposedly sought to avoid Indiana's parental involvement laws. According the the Centers for Disease Control, how many confirmed illegal abortion deaths were there the year Becky died?
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