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Influential Abortion Events Trivia Quiz

What would be family or medical matters become public events and political fodder when abortion is involved. How much do you know of some of the events that have shaped abortion politics?

A multiple-choice quiz by ubermom. Estimated time: 8 mins.

Author
ubermom

Time
8 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
164,598

Updated
Dec 03 21

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10

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Question 1 of 10

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? Hint

Rosie Jiminez

Geraldine Santoro

Becky Bell

Ana Rosa Rodriguez

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Question 2 of 10

2. In 1938, Dr. Alec Bourne openly challenged British abortion law by doing what? Hint

Performing an abortion on a 28-year-old married mother of 3 who had been exposed to German measles

Performing an abortion on a woman who already had 14 children

Performing an abortion on a 22-year-old mentally challenged woman who had already accidentally smothered her first child

Performing an abortion on a 14-year-old girl who had been raped by soldiers

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Question 3 of 10

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?

Yes

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Question 4 of 10

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? Hint

There was a slight rise, then a sudden drop.

There was a slight drop, then they remained stable.

There was a sudden rise, and they remained stable.

There was no change.

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Question 5 of 10

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? Hint

One group had arranged illegal abortions for a group of minority women; the other group thought that the abortions were unsafe and wanted them to be stopped.

One group was promoting abortion as a medical issue, the other as a women's rights issue.

One group wanted abortions to be performed in hospitals, the other group wanted them performed as "self-help" in homes.

They were blaming each other for a woman's death from an induced abortion.

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Question 6 of 10

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? Hint

She dropped out of public sight entirely, saying the issue was too traumatic for her.

She became an anti-abortion activist.

She advocated restructuring of abortion practice to put the doctors on salary.

She started a pro-choice watchdog group to ensure that abortions would be performed safely.

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Question 7 of 10

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? Hint

She died of complications from an illegal abortion, and her boyfriend was charged with murder.

She died of a self-induced abortion, and prolife and prochoice groups started blaming each other for the death.

She'd died after seeking abortion aftercare as a "crisis pregnancy center" run by antiabortion activists.

She'd died of complications of a legal abortion, and her doctor was charged with murder.

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Question 8 of 10

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? Hint

They had attended medical school together.

They were both members of the National Abortion Federation.

They worked in the same hospital.

They had both been illegal abortionists before Roe v. Wade.

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Question 9 of 10

9. In April of 1970, Dr. Jane Hodgson challenged Minnesota's abortion law by doing what? Hint

She stopped doing abortions secretly and instead started advertising.

She openly sought another doctor to perform an abortion on her.

She started reporting elective abortions as elective, instead of falsifying medical indications as she had been doing.

She checked one of her patients into a hospital and performed an abortion there.

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Question 10 of 10

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? Hint

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Geraldine Santoro

Rosie Jiminez died of an illegal abortion after federal funding for elective abortions was cut off. Ana Rosa Rodriguez was born minus an arm that was removed during an attempted abortion that the mother thought was legal. Becky Bell miscarried shortly before dying of pneumonia.

2. In 1938, Dr. Alec Bourne openly challenged British abortion law by doing what?

Answer: Performing an abortion on a 14-year-old girl who had been raped by soldiers

Bourne performed the abortion, then turned himself in. He was tried and found not guilty. Bourne was the first to use the approach of deliberately breaking abortion laws in order to pave the way for other physicians to perform abortions they believed were in their patients' best interests.

Answer: No

The court did, however, expand the definition of "health" to include the mother's psychological well-being. The court also placed the burden on the prosecution to prove that the abortion was not in fact necessary to preserve the life or health of the mother.

Answer: There was a slight rise, then a sudden drop.

Confirmed illegal abortion deaths fell from 39 in 1972 to 2 in 1976. They then went up to 4 in 1977, 7 in 1978, and then dropped off to 0 in 1979, and 1 each in 1980, 1981, and 1982. Overall abortion mortality (legal and illegal combined) fell from 63 in 1972 to 13 in 1976, jumped slightly to 12 in 1977, 16 in 1978, and 22 in 1979, then fell to an average of 10 a year in 1980, 1981, and 1982.

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?

Answer: One group had arranged illegal abortions for a group of minority women; the other group thought that the abortions were unsafe and wanted them to be stopped.

The "Jane" illegal abortion ring in Chicago had been raided, and its leaders jailed. The remaining "Jane" members had arranged for their clients to have abortions performed by Harvey Karman, who was pushing his new "super coil" technique as safe and simple. A local group in Pennsylvania thought that the patients were being used to test an unproven and probably unsafe abortion method.

Answer: She advocated restructuring of abortion practice to put the doctors on salary.

Naperstek-Taft blamed the economics of abortion for her injuries. She advocated government-sponsored abortion facilities, with all of the physicians on salary, to be paid well regardless of the number of abortions performed. This, she asserted, would eliminate the rush to complete abortions on a piecework basis that led to many abortion complications.

Answer: She'd died of complications of a legal abortion, and her doctor was charged with murder.

Pro-choice activists hold that Sharon's doctor, Bruce Steir (rhymes with "peer") was being unfairly persectued. They say that Sharon's injury was an accident and that Steir was a good doctor who was the victim of a vendetta because he performed abortions. Pro-life activists hold that Steir's record shows that he was incompetent, and quote his assistant who testified that Steir was aware of the severity of Sharon's injury and sent her home anyway. Steir plea-bargained to a lesser charge, and the political battle continues.

Answer: They were both members of the National Abortion Federation.

Haskell had called the procedure "D&X," for "Dilation and Extraction," and had presented it at the National Abortion Federation (NAF) Risk Management Seminar in Dallas in 1992. Late in 1991, Hayat had made headlines for the abortion attempt of Ana Rosa Rodriguez, which removed her arm before she was born alive. Hayat was listed on the National Abortion Federation member list in their Annual Report.

Although Hayat had not been using Haskell's D&X technique, National Right to Life used the publicity surrounding Hayat to frame the debate over D&X as a choice between protecting babies like Ana Rosa Rodriguez or defending abortionists like Abu Hayat.

9. In April of 1970, Dr. Jane Hodgson challenged Minnesota's abortion law by doing what?

Answer: She checked one of her patients into a hospital and performed an abortion there.

Hodgson's patient was a young married mother who had been exposed to German measles. Hodgson thought that it was unfair that if her patient had been in another state, she could have gotten an abortion legally. Hodgson was arrested and convicted. When Roe vs. Wade was handed down, she was able to get her conviction overturned.

Her patient, by the way, was discharged from the hospital with no complications.

Answer: 0

The CDC noted no confirmed illegal abortion deaths in 1988; there were three confirmed legal abortion deaths among teens under the age of 18.

Source: Author ubermom

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