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Geraldine "Gerri" Santoro (née Twerdy; August 16, 1935 – June 8, 1964) was an American woman who died after attempting a self-induced abortion in 1964. A police photograph of her dead body, published by Ms. in 1973, became a symbol for the abortion-rights movement in the United States.
Rebecca Suzanne "Becky" Bell (August 24, 1971 – September 16, 1988) was an American teenage girl who died of complications from a septic abortion. [1] [2] After becoming pregnant, Bell inquired about a legal abortion but was hindered by Indiana state laws which required either her parents' consent or a waiver from a judge.
My daughter, she lost her life because of this abortion law, because of the diagnosis, and she could not have an abortion. She died." [77] On 25 May 2018, the people of Ireland voted Yes to repeal the Eighth Amendment by a margin of 2 to 1. On 30 September 2018, an open letter by Emma Watson to Halappanavar was published in Porter magazine. [4]
Porsha’s is the fifth case ProPublica has reported in which women died after they did not receive a D&C or ... creating a higher barrier in a state where abortion is illegal, explained Goulding ...
Dr. Savita Halappanavar, a 31-year-old Indian-born dentist, died in 2012 in Galway, on Ireland’s west coast, after she was denied an abortion by doctors who cited the country’s strict laws,
The family of Amber Thurman, a Black woman who died because of Georgia’s abortion ban, spoke for the first time at length Tuesday about her death in 2022 and how it has shaped their lives ever ...
Amber Nicole Thurman (September 16, 1993 – August 19, 2022) was a 28-year-old medical assistant who died of septic shock and retained products of conception following a medication abortion. Georgia 's maternal mortality committee determined that Thurman's death was preventable and noted that the voluntary delay in performing the dilation and ...
If the Supreme Court reverses Roe vs. Wade, will pro-life advocates care about the lives of girls and women who die from botched abortions? My great-grandmother died from an illegal abortion. Her ...