"Nancy" Roe, Saline Abortion Death

"Nancy" Roe, Abortion Death

Died five days after safe, legal abortion

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"Nancy" is one of the women Life Dynamics identifies on their "Blackmun Wall" as having been killed by a safe and legal abortion.

Nancy was 16 years old, and 16 weeks pregnant, when she underwent a saline abortion in 1972.

Nancy developed an amniotic fulid embolism that led to coagulopathy (clotting problems), causing her death.

LDI Sources: "Fatal Pulmonary Embolism During Legal Induced Abortion in the United States from 1972-1985," Lawson, Herschel W., MD, Atrash, Hani K., MD, MPH, Franks, Adele L., MD, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vol. 162, No. 4, April 1990, p. 986-990; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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