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
- “Sadie D.,” December 22 or 23, 1909 Age: 39
- Suspected abortion, unknown perpetrator
- Betty Damato, February 25, 1980 Age: 26
- Knowingly sent home with retained fetus; infection
- Mary Ann Dancy
- July 27, 1990 Age: 32
- Sent home with lacerated cervix; bled to death
- Roberta Danks
- February 17, 1949 Age: 28
- Implicated physician died during investigation; accessory pleaded guilty
- Minnie Darage, October 17, 1882 Age: 20
- Unidentified perpetrator
- Angel Dardie, August 3, 1982 Age: 22
- Clotting problems triggered by risky saline abortion
- Mary Davies, December 9, 1956 Age: 26
- Dr. Robert Spencer acquitted on grounds fetus may have died before abortion was initiated
- Barbaralee Davis, June 14, 1977 Age: 18
- Sent home from NAF clinic with uterine laceration; bled to death
- Della Davis, May 18, 1925 Age: 25
- Unidentified perpetrator
- Glenda Davis, March 14, 1989 Age: 31
- Internal injuries; transferred to hospital in car; bled to death
- Kathy Davis, February 6, 1987 Age: 26
- Unidentified facility, unspecified abortion method; heart failure
- Margaret Davis, July 15, 1972 Age: 33
- Sickle cell crisis triggered by abortion
- Sharon Davis, January 9, 1983 Age: 17
- Uterine perforation during abortion at hospital
- Nancy Dawson, March 21, 1927 Age: 25
- Physician and midwife arrested; outcome of cases unknown to me
- Margaret Ruth Day, January 12, 1928 Age: 20
- Physician implicated; outcome of case unknown to me
- Catharine DeBreuxal, February 20, 1856 Age: 17
- First of four deaths linked to Dr. Charles Cobel; acquitted on technicality regarding deathbed statement
- Minnie Deering, January 25, 1891 Age 23
- 4th of 18 deaths linked to Dr. Lucy Hagenow; attorney got judge to strike off case
- Annie DeGroote, September 29, 1917 Age: 27
- Physician arrested, no trial
- Arlin della Cruz, October 15, 1992 Age: 19
- Suicide by hanging after abortion
- Evelyn Dellorto, July 26, 1930 Age: 20
- Physician acquitted for reason not indicated in source
- Anna Dennin, August 27, 1909 Age: 23
- Physician implicated; outcome of case not known to me
- Synthia Dennard, September 7, 1989 Age: 24
- Last of three known deaths at Biogenetics; uterine artery severed; bled to death
- Emma Dep, August 24, 1888
- 4th of 18 deaths linked to Dr. Lucy Hagenow; no evidence of serious investigation made
- Louise Derchow, August 21, 1887 Age: 23
- First of 18 deaths linked to Dr. Lucy Hagenow; 2 hung juries, one acquittal after death of primary witness; Hagenow relocated to Chicago
- Alerte Desanges, September 16, 1994 Age: 36
- Sudden embolism during abortion by Dr. David Gluck at Choices Women’s Medical Center in Queens.
- Marina Deschapell, August 17, 1978 Age: 34
- Unexplained death immediately after abortion
- Rosa Device, May 5, 1878 Age: c. 26
- Unspecified abortifacient
- Helen Devora, November 22, 1917 Age: 20
- Unidentified perpetrator
- Violet Diancalana, February 17, 1929 Age: 25
- Lay abortionist indicted; outcome of case unknown to me
- Patricia Dickinson, August 11, 1946 Age: 18
- Lay abortionist Theo Kilmer pleaded guilty
- Katherine DiDonato, October 23, 1936 Age: 26
- Second of two deaths linked to Dr. Aloysius Mulholland; outcome of case unknown to me
- Cecelia Dieber, July 31, 1918 Age: 20
- Dr. Herman Spangler pleaded guilty
- Annie Dier, 1885
- Physician arrested; outcome of case unknown to me
- Barbara Dillon, May 11, 1981 Age: 22
- Failure to detect ectopic pregnancy by Dr. Mark Silver at Long Island Gynecological Group
- Eleanor Dillon, December 14, 1916 Age: 19
- Physician acquitted for reason not specified
- Anna Marie Dimford, September 29, 1915 Age: 21
- Physician and midwife arrested; outcome of cases unknown to me
- Mary Dix, November 30, 1874 Age: 25
- Apparent self-induced by unspecified method
- Rosina Doerr, September 5, 1887 Age: 34
- Midwife acquitted for reasons not specified
- Agnes Dohrer, July 3, 1918 Age: 17
- Physician arrested; outcome of case unknown to me
- Bertha Dombrowski, February 23, 1917 Age: 28
- Physician implicated; outcome of case unknown to me
- Mary Donigan, February 6, 1870 Age: 22
- Unidentified perpetrator
- Annie Doran, July 12, 1889 Age 24
- Sources unclear; possibly self-induced with abortifacient
- Annie Dories, June 26, 1888 Age: 16
- Third of 18 deaths linked to Dr. Lucy Hagenow; 3 hung juries, simultaneous prosecution for another case; Hagenow relocated to Chicago
- Laniece DorseyFebruary 6, 1986 Age: 17
- 5th of 16 deaths at NAF member chain Family Planning Associates; anesthesia mishap
- Mary Jane Douds, May 21, 1900 Age: 26
- Unidentified perpetrator
- Tamika Dowdy
- December 2, 1998 Age: 22
- Unclear chain of events at NAF member Brooklyn Women’s Medical Pavilion
- Mary Doyle, October 2, 1867
- Unidentified perpetrator
- Gwendolyn Drummer, January 31, 1972 Age: 15
- Saline got into bloodstream during hospital abortion
- Anjelica Duarte, November 1, 1991 Age: 21
- Abortion recommended for health reasons; delayed care for hemorrhage
- Evelyn Dudley, March 16, 1973 Age: 38
- First of three deaths at Friendship Medical Center; ruptured cervix and vagina
- Margaret Dwyer, May 24, 1912 Age: 24
- Probable lay abortionist arrested; outcome of case unknown to me
- Clara Duvall
- March 27, 1929 Age: 32
- Unconfirmed self-induced with knitting needle
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