Each woman’s story includes whatever documentation I can find to substantiate her death. Women’s Stories
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All Deaths by Name
- “Audrey C.,” June 3, 1910 Age: 31
- Self-induced with catheter
- “Ruby C.,” March 2, 1908 Age: 24
- Unspecified midwife; legal outcome unknown to me
- Janyth Caldwell, February 4, 1986 Age: 36
- One of two deaths for Dr. Wayne Patterson; failure to detect ectopic pregnancy
- Hannah Calhoun, May 7, 1905
- Unknown perpetrator
- Cordelia Calkins, February 26, 1860 Age: 18
- Oil of tansy
- Velma Callahan, January 7, 1951 Age: 23
- Massive abortion ring; lay abortionists arrested
- Geneva Calton, July 18, 1979 Age: 21
- Sent home with perforated uterus, bled to death; one of two dead patients for Northside Family Planning
- Stella Cams, August 2, 1915 Age: 30
- Actual abortionist unknown, but Dr. Maximilian Meinhard, involved after the fact, linked to two other abortion deaths
- Annette Camoratto, May 1934 Age: 19
- Physician charged with homicide, released due to lack of evidence
- Joan Camp, May 19, 1985 Age: 22
- Clots in lungs; not counted as legal abortion death by CDC because they could not determine if a doctor had done the abortion
- Ruth Camp, February 2, 1916
- One of two deaths in same month linked to Dr. Bennett Graff; convicted but won new trial; Graff claimed medical necessity
- Delia Campbell, August 10, 1922 Age: 38
- One of three deaths attributed to Dr. George F. Slater; legal outcome unknown to me
- Irene Campbell, August 9, 1927 Age: 33
- One of two deaths linked to Dr. Herman Webber; indicted, outcome of case unknown to me
Vivian Campbell, July 7, 1950 Age: 27
- Perpetrator never identified
Marla Cardamone, August 16, 1989 Age: 18
- Bullied by Magee Women’s Hospital social worker into unwanted abortion; abortion botched, aftercare inadequate; sealed settlement for survivors
- Amelia Cardito, February 23, 1943 Age: 34
- Physician implicated himself by reporting widower shaking him down for funeral expenses
- Bertha Carlson, February 20, 1916 Age: 19
- Implicated physician in deathbed statement; lack of prosecution probably due to his ill health
- Hannah Carlson, July 1, 1896 Age: 20
- One of over a dozen deaths linked to Dr. Lucy Hagenow; acquittal due to lack of evidence Hannah had not self-induced as Hagenow claimed
- Hazel Carr, March 16, 1915 Age: 26
- Unidentified perpetrator
- Elinora Cassidy, March 15, 1915 Age: 22
- Implicated physician in deathbed statement; case never went to trial
- Teresa Causey, December 3, 1988 Age: 17
- Bled to death from multiple uterine lacerations in unlicensed clinic; doctor tried to revive her with smelling salts and slapping her face; no legal action taken
- Claudia Caventou, May 8, 1986 Age: 33
- Boyfriend heard her screaming while doctor tried to remove fetus from empty uterus; doc had failed to diagnose ectopic pregnancy, which ruptured during procedure
- Patricia Chacon, March 3, 1984 Age: 16
- One of 16 patients dead after abortions at NAF member chain Family Planning Associates; internal injuries and hemorrhage
- Colleen Chambers, May 12, 1991 Age: 34
- Found dead in her room after family requested landlord do welfare check; blood clots after legal abortion
- Emma Chandler, July 20, 1913 Age: 20
- Named abortionist in deathbed statement; legal disposition unknown to me
- Eugenie Chauvet, November 10, 1870 Age: 22
- Case thrown out because it could not be proved that Eugenie really knew she was dying when she named physician in deathbed statement
- Ying Chen, August 3, 2009 Age: 30
- No emergency equipment, doctor with history of serious problems, overdosed on lidocaine; no disciplinary action other than ban on doing more abortions
- “Susanna Chisolm”, June 3, 1975 Age: 35
- Bled to death from punctured uterus; one of three deaths from abortions at now-defunct Biogenetics
- Victoria Chmileuski, December 31, 1917 Age: 40
- One of three deaths linked to midwife Wilhemina Benn; acquittal for reasons unknown to me
- Joyce Chorney, November 18, 1953 Age: 25
- Doctor charged; outcome of charges unknown to me
- Alda Christopherson, February 25, 1916 Age: 21
- One of three deaths linked to Dr. Lillian Hobbs; murder conviction
- Mary Elizabeth Christy, January 23, 1926 Age: 19
- Named physician in deathbed statement; legal outcome unknown to me
- Jennie Chubb, January 4, 1921 Age: 21
- Midwife implicated; legal outcome unknown to me
- Caroline Clark, June 11, 1843 Age: 18
- Unidentified perpetrator
- Edith Clark, June 24, 1971 Age: 29
- Cardiac arrest after anesthetic injected for legal abortion in doctor’s office
- Helen Clark, September 16, 1941 Age: 23
- Blind lay abortionist found guilty of abortion but not of manslaughter
- Jennie Clark, February 25, 1879
- Body dumped in trunk, linked back to local doctor
- Virginia Clark, February 21, 1929 Age: 26
- Physician convicted of involuntary manslaughter
- Anna Clemens, April 6, 1880 Age: 26
- Body dumped off bridge; Dr. William G. Cox acquitted only to be arrested later for another abortion death
- Gweldolyn Cliett, March 5, 1980 Age: 29
- Reaction to anesthesia during abortion performed in hospital
- Margaret Clodfelter, June 16, 1989 Age: 19
- Retained tissue and uterine perforation; died of infection; no known disciplinary action against doctor
- Ida Coakley, November 22, 1897 Age: 24
- Funeral procession halted for autopsy and inquest; physician prosecuted; hung jury on first trial, second trial acquittal after key witness fled the state
- Florence Cobb, March 6, 1921 Age: 23
- One of three deaths linked to Dr. Charles Milliken; legal outcome unknown to me
- Kitty Cody, January 16, 1889 Age: 22
- Self-induced with abortifacient and unnamed instrument
- “Glenda Coe”, September 18, 1958 Age: 31
- Unidentified perpetrator
- Jean Cohen, January 22, 1925 Age: 17
- One of eighteen deaths linked to Dr. Lucy Hagenow; she was cleared for reason I have yet to determine
- Mary Colbert, March 25, 1933 Age: 21
- One of three deaths linked to Dr. Emil Gleitsman; legal outcome unknown to me
- Frances Collins, May 6, 1920 Age: 34
- Physician implicated, Frances had undergone multiple illegal abortion previously, but this time it was an ectopic pregnancy
- Katherine Collins, July 25, 1911 Age: 23
- Unidentified perpetrator
- Nathelyn Collins, August 13, 1954 Age 17
- Rev. Clarence Loveaux, who ran abortion clinic behind his storefront church, arrested; legal outcome of case unknown to me
- Pamela Colson, June 26, 1994 Age: 31
- Multiple internal laceration; bled to death as friends drove her home; doctor fired from another clinic but kept on at one where he performed Pamela’s abortion
- Chloe Colts, January 19, 2008 Age: 26
- Multiple internal lacerations; doctor had history of malpractice; no disciplinary action that I’m aware of
- Corrine Comstock, October 16, 1922 Age: 18
- Self-induced by unspecified method
- Naomi Congdon, August 28, 1943 Age: 21
- Maternity nurse convicted of first-degree manslaughter
- Mary Conners, March 23, 1917 Age: 19
- Unidentified perpetrator
- Lizzie Cook, July 27, 1884 Age: 25
- Physician convicted of first-degree manslaughter
- Alice Corbett, October 18, 1939 Age: 28
- Physician sentenced to Sing-Sing
- Andrea Corey, February 28, 1993 Age: 31
- Referred to clinic by Planned Parenthood; died of gas gangrene
- Liliana Cortez, September 25, 1986 Age: 22
- Delay in transport after cardiac arrest; one of three deaths at Her Medical Clinic
- Edith Cote, December 14, 1991 Age: 38
- Amniotic fluid in lungs
- Sheryl Cottone, July 1, 1981 Age: 23
- Abortion recommended due to clotting disorder
- Twila Coulter, November 14, 1972 Age: 21
- Cerebral hemorrhage — known complication of risky saline abortion US doctors continued to use after it was abandoned in other countries
Barbara Covington, September 11, 1962 Age: 35
- Dr. Mandel M. Friedman, on bail for another abortion death, entered plea bargain
- Katherine Cross, October 10, 1917 Age: 18
- One of two deaths in only nine months attributed to Dr. Abraham H. Yates; legal outcome unclear in documents
- Goldie Crow, July 17, 1940 Age: 28
- Psychologist Otto C. Lucy, advertised as doctor, was out on bail for another abortion death
- Agnes Crowe, February 16, 1925 Age: 28
- Unspecified female midwife implicated
- Denise Crowe, February 3, 2006 Age: 21
- NAF member passing off his office as clinic, massive anesthesia overdose, inadequate monitoring and resuscitation; medical license suspended
- Margaret Crowe, January 2, 1918 Age: 25
- One of two deaths linked to Dr. Anna Sorenson, who died while awaiting trial
- Ethel Crowell, April 14, 1930 Age: 20
- Dr. Hans Paulson implicated, charges dropped, judicial corruption suspected
- Isabell Cuda, November 12, 1952 Age: 22
- Unlicensed midwife Mary Murawski convicted; previously implicated in another abortion death
- Carol Cunningham, August 22, 1986 Age: 21
- Suicide by carbon monoxide
- Edna Curran, December, 1921
- Physician tried; outcome of case as yet unknown to me
- Annie Curtis, March 16, 1875 Age: 28
- On deathbed, implicated midwife posing as physician; outcome of case as yet unknown to me
- Mary Cusack, January 9, 1918 Age: 39
- Physician indicted, no trial
- Sarah Cushing, January 15, 1907 Age: 24
- Second abortion death linked to midwife Gertrude Plenz; Plenz arrested but outcome of case unknown to me
- Mary Cybulski, September 26, 1922 Age: 35
- Profession of person arrested not provided; outcome of case unknown to me
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