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Quiz about Post Roe v Wade Abortion Deaths

Post Roe v. Wade Abortion Deaths Quiz

Abortion deaths that made headlines: a young woman's death can make headlines when abortion is involved. How much do you know about these cases (which all occurred after 1973)?

A multiple-choice quiz by ubermom. Estimated time: 9 mins.

Author
ubermom

Time
9 mins

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Multiple Choice

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167,705

Updated
Dec 03 21

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10

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Question 1 of 10

1. In 1991, 17-year-old Latachie Veal bled to death after an abortion at a Houston clinic. Her death made headlines not only in the Houston area, but in Kansas City, Missouri as well. Why? Hint

Latachie was a Kansas City native who was in Houston to attend "Space Camp".

Another woman had died in Kansas City after an abortion by the same doctor.

Latachie had gone missing from Kansas City months earlier, prompting a massive search.

The doctor who did the abortion was a Kansas City politician; nobody knew he'd been doing abortions out-of-state.

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Question 2 of 10

2. In 1991, 17-year-old Latachie Veal bled to death after an abortion at a Houston clinic. The Centers for Disease Control is charged with verifying and tracking abortion-related deaths. How did they classify Latachie's death? Hint

Legal abortion death

Undetermined, because Latachie's body was cremated before they could investigate

Illegal, because the doctor's license had been revoked before he did Latachie's abortion

They didn't.

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Question 3 of 10

3. When 18-year-old Holly Patterson died of a septic abortion on September 17, 2003, her family filed a lawsuit and a federal investigation was launched. Why? Hint

Holly had performed the abortion herself with drugs a feminist group was illegally distributing.

The doctor who performed the abortion had been illegally prescribing narcotics to his abortion patients.

The doctor who performed the abortion was a wanted fugitive.

Holly had been given the abortion drugs in an unapproved manner by Planned Parenthood.

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Question 4 of 10

4. Health officials investigated the Center for Reproductive and Sexual Health (CRASH) after the death of a 19-year-old abortion patient there on August 10, 1988. Which of these was NOT among the official findings? Hint

The patient's post-operative condition was charted as, "pink, responsive, alert," even though she had gone into her fatal cardiac before that note was supposed to have been written.

The anesthesia drugs were measured "by eye," and by somebody with no qualifications to administer anesthesia.

Nobody on staff was certified to perform CPR.

The patient was not actually pregnant, but the staff proceeded with an abortion anyway.

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Question 5 of 10

5. Pamela Colson, age 31, bled to death on June 26, 1994, after an abortion at Women's Medical Services in Pensacola, Florida. Pamela's death, however, continues to be overshadowed by another event that had taken place at that same clinic just over a year earlier. What? Hint

John Salvi had shot two clinic staff dead and wounded five other people.

An arson fire had gutted the procedure room.

Dr. David Gunn, who did abortions there, had been shot dead by there Michael Griffin.

A bomb outside killed a guard and wounded a nurse.

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Question 6 of 10

6. On April 17, 1998, 33-year-old Lou Ann Herron bled to death after being left injured and inadequately attended at the now-defunct A to Z abortion facility in Phoenix. Both the doctor who performed the abortion and the nurse responsible for the recovery room were charged with manslaughter. Which of the following was NOT among the background information unearthed by the press during coverage of the trial? Hint

The clinic owner had a history of four abortion patient deaths himself.

Lou Ann was the second abortion patient to die after an abortion by that doctor in that clinic.

The clinic was employing illegal aliens with no medical training in the recovery room.

The doctor had attempted to abort a near-term baby in 1990.

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Question 7 of 10

7. The Miami Herald covered the deaths of Ruth Montero, Myrta Baptiste, Maura Morales, and Shirley Payne after abortions at Women's Care Center in Miami. How did the Centers for Disease Control classify the deaths? Hint

All were classified as legal abortion deaths.

Three were classified as legal abortion deaths, and the other as not abortion-related.

All were classified as illegal abortion deaths.

Three were classified as legal abortion deaths, and one as an illegal abortion death.

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Question 8 of 10

8. Alicia Ruiz Hanna was convicted of second-degree murder for the death of 27-year-old Angela Sanchez at Hanna's Clinica Feminina de la Comunidad on January 19, 1993. Why? Hint

Hanna had deliberately botched Angela's abortion because she thought Angela was having an affair with her husband.

Hanna failed to call 911 when Angela stopped breathing because she was afraid of being caught passing herself off as a doctor.

Hanna had left the clinic to go to the airport even though Angela was bleeding profusely.

Hanna had performed the abortion even though Angela was over 30 weeks pregnant.

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Question 9 of 10

9. Stacy Ruckman, 23 years old, died after a legal abortion on February 20, 1988. Her parents sued, and experts testifying on their behalf expressed outrage at the doctor's behavior in Stacy's case. Why? Hint

Stacy had been comatose and became pregnant while in a long-term care facility. DNA from the fetus showed that the doctor was the father.

Staff alleged that the doctor locked himself in the procedure room with unconscious patients; the autopsy found semen in Stacy's vagina.

Staff testified that the doctor regularly overdosed patients on local anesthetic, sometimes causing them to stop breathing.

Staff testified that the doctor had his dog in the procedure room to lap up blood from the floor.

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Question 10 of 10

10. On December 8, 1994, 23-year-old Magdalena Rodriguez went to Suresh Gandotra's clinic, El Norte Clinica Medica, for what she thought was a second-trimester abortion. Gandotra later commented, "I knew I screwed up," when he had pulled out part of Magdalena's bowel instead of fetal parts. Magdalena died during emergency surgery at a local hospital. What was NOT among the findings related to Magdalena's death? Hint

A dead 30-week fetus was protruding through a hole in Magdalena's uterus into her abdominal cavity.

Gandotra left Magdalena bleeding and unattended for 30 minutes while he did abortions on other patients.

Gandotra's untrained receptionist had been administering anesthesia for Magdalena's abortion.

When the ambulance crew arrived at the clinic, they found Magdalena with no pulse, bleeding, and on the floor.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In 1991, 17-year-old Latachie Veal bled to death after an abortion at a Houston clinic. Her death made headlines not only in the Houston area, but in Kansas City, Missouri as well. Why?

Answer: Another woman had died in Kansas City after an abortion by the same doctor.

Diane Boyd, a 19-year-old mentally challenged woman, had died in 1981 after Dr. Robert Dale Crist, a member of the National Abortion Federation, had injected her with drugs in preparation for an abortion. Those drugs had interacted with the medications Diane was taking and caused her death.

Answer: They didn't.

The CDC noted no abortion deaths in Texas for any woman in Latachie's race and age range for 1991. This is despite the fact that in 1992, the doctor discussed the death during a National Abortion Federation seminar that was attended by two members of the CDC's staff responsible for investigating abortion mortality.

3. When 18-year-old Holly Patterson died of a septic abortion on September 17, 2003, her family filed a lawsuit and a federal investigation was launched. Why?

Answer: Holly had been given the abortion drugs in an unapproved manner by Planned Parenthood.

The FDA's approved regimen is to give the woman methotrexate, then have her return in two days for an examination. The second drug, misoprostol, is only to be administered orally and only if the physician, on examining the patient, determines that this second step is necessary to complete the abortion. Planned Parenthood followed the more popular, but unapproved, regimen of sending Holly home with a misoprostol suppository she was to insert vaginally, without being examined first and without medical supervision.

The abortion was incomplete and Holly developed sepsis and died.

Answer: The patient was not actually pregnant, but the staff proceeded with an abortion anyway.

The state issued an emergency order closing CRASH for 60 days, but it never re-opened.

Answer: Dr. David Gunn, who did abortions there, had been shot dead by there Michael Griffin.

The fatal bombing took place in Birmingham, Alabama. The shooting of the clinic staff was in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Answer: The clinic was employing illegal aliens with no medical training in the recovery room.

The death of Lisa Bardsley was not as highly publicized as Lou Ann Herron's death (Dr. John Biskind was not prosecuted in that case). Clinic owner Moshe Hachamovitch had been disciplined by the medical board in New York after the deaths of Luz Rodriguez in 1986, Christina Goesswein in 1990, and Tanya Williamson in 1996.

He was also sued in Texas after the 1994 death of 14-year-old Jammie Garcia.

Answer: Three were classified as legal abortion deaths, and one as an illegal abortion death.

Ruth died August 7, 1979. Maura died May 8, 1981. Myrta died December 18, 1982. Shirley died January 4, 1983. As Orlando Zaldivar's medical license was inactive at the time he performed Myrta's abortion, the CDC classified her death as being due to an illegal abortion.

8. Alicia Ruiz Hanna was convicted of second-degree murder for the death of 27-year-old Angela Sanchez at Hanna's Clinica Feminina de la Comunidad on January 19, 1993. Why?

Answer: Hanna failed to call 911 when Angela stopped breathing because she was afraid of being caught passing herself off as a doctor.

Hanna had given Angela an injection to induce abortion. Upon realizing that Angela was dead, Hanna dismissed Angela's children from the clinic and summoned a former staffer. She and the other woman were putting Angela's body into the trunk of her own car, with the intention of abandoning the vehicle at a distant location, but were caught in the act by Angela's sister and daughter, who had come to the clinic to find out where Angela had gone.

Answer: Staff testified that the doctor regularly overdosed patients on local anesthetic, sometimes causing them to stop breathing.

Staff reported that when a woman would stop breathing, Dr. Scott Barrett would resuscitate her. But when Stacy stopped breathing, Barrett and his staff were unable to revive her. An autopsy found toxic concentrations of Lidocaine in Stacy's blood.

Answer: Gandotra's untrained receptionist had been administering anesthesia for Magdalena's abortion.

Gandotra's attorney said, "We don't believe this was below the standard of care nor do we believe it was malpractice." The San Diego County district attorney's office begged to differ, and charged Gandotra with involuntary manslaughter in Magdalena's death. Gandotra is believed to have fled the country to avoid prosecution.

Source: Author ubermom

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