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Legal, illegal, professional, amateur, and self-induced. Abortion can be deadly, no matter what the setting or who is doing the deed.

The stories below come from court documents, medical journal articles, autopsy reports, news stories, and online sources. The dates range from the 19th century to the 21st century. The abortionists were mostly doctors, though a few were lay abortionists, some were posing as physicians, and a few were the woman herself.

The one thing all these storis share is this: Each woman died at the hands of somebody who bought into the idea that women and their unborn children are mortal enemies, and that abortion is a solution to women's problems.

Women deserve better.

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Ackerly, Mary
Died: January 20, 1846


Adams, Diane
Died: February 28, 1992
Age: 28
Agbagaa, Eurice
Died: January 15, 1989
Age: 26
Agoston, Julia
Died: March 12, 1928
Age: 24
Alexander, Doris
Died: 1938
Age: 30
Alford, Leigh Ann
Died November 25, 2003
Age: 34
Allison, Annie
Died September 29, 1923
Age: 44
Allman, Louise
Died: February 5, 1929
Age: 25
Anderson, Anna
Died October 15, 1915
Age: 25
Anderson, Emmy
Died: July 24, 1929
Age: 19
Anderson, Madelyn
Died: May 6, 1924
Age: 24
Anderson, Martha
Died: May 5, 1939
Age: 16


Annalora, Alice
Died: March 20, 1926
Age: 19
Andrews, Demetrice
Died: November 9, 1988
Age: 22
Apodaca, Mickey
Died: April 11, 1984
Age: 28
Aponte, Gloria
Died: April 19, 1986
Age: 20
Ards, Charisse
Died: July 28, 1989
Age: 20
Arola, Auna
Died: October 17, 1927
Age: 31
Ash, Olive
Died: January 29, 1858
Age: 20
Auer, Barbara
Died September 28, 1929
Age: 29
Auerbach, Barbara
Died: December 16, 1981
Age: 38
B, K
Died August 10, 1988
Age: 19


Bailek, Mary
Died: September 15, 1926
Age: 23
Bailey, Jacqueline
Died: December 3, 1977
Age: 29


Bain, Helen
Died: November 20, 1925
Age: 23
Banks, Brenda
Died: October 1, 1989
Age: 35
Baptiste, Myrta
Died: December 18, 1982
Age: 26
Bardsley, Lisa
Died: February 17, 1995
Age: 26
Barnard, Catherine L.
Died: April 6, 1969
Age: 35


Barnes, Junette
Died: July 8, 1988
Age: 27
Barnts, Margaret
Died: May 8, 1928
Age: 27
Beard, Alberta
Died: March 14, 1930
Age: 29
Becker, Doris
Died: December 2, 1948
Bell, Deanna
Died: September 5, 1992
Age: 13
Bellville, Miss
Died: March 8, 1889
Age: 22


Bennett, Kerneda

Benton, Brenda
Died: April 20, 1987
Age: 35
Bermeo, Rosario
Died: June 14, 1983
Age: 30
Bertram, Miss
Died: July 4, 1875


Binkley, Hughretta
Died: April 19, 1898
Age: 34
Blaum, Janet
Died: March 11, 1974
Age: 37
Bleavins, Cassandra
Died: September 19, 1971
Age: 20
Bleschke, Mildred
Died: November 21, 1924
Age: 24
Bloom, Alice
Died: 1905
Age: 28


Bonda, Sarah
Died: July 2, 1900
Age: 20
Boom, Linda
Died: September 21, 1995
Age: 35
Borglun, Mary
Died: August 4, 1900
Borndal, Anna
Died: November 4, 1928
Age: 22
Boschen, Mrs. John
Died: July 26, 1877
Bowman, Madge
Died: September 8, 1923
Age: 16
Boyd, Diane
Died: October 23, 1981
Age: 19
Bradley, Mary
Died: April 4, 1985
Age: 41
Brown, Alline L.
Died: March 9, 1929
Brown, Dorothy
Died: August 16, 1974
Age: 37
Brown, Irma
Died: November 15, 1901
Age: 22
Bryant, Chanelle
Died: January 14, 2004
Age: 22
Burke, Cora
Died: June 23, 1899
Age: 20
Bryant, Dorothy
Died: May 31, 1986
Age: 22
Byrd, Belinda
Died: January 27, 1987
Age: 37
Byzynski, Martha
Died: August 11, 1923
Age: 26
Caldwell, Janyth
Died: February 4, 1986
Age: 36
Calkins, Cordelia
Died: February, 1860
Age: 18
Calton, Geneva
Died: July 18, 1979
Age: 21
Camoratto, Annette
Died: May, 1934
Age: 19
Camp, Joan
Died May 19, 1985
Age: 22
Campbell, Irene
Died: August 9, 1927
Campbell, Vivian
Died: May 6, 1950
Age: 24
Cardamone, Marla
Died: August 16, 1989
Age: 18
Cardito, Amelia
Died: February 23, 1944
Age: 34
Causey, Teresa
Died: December 3, 1988
Age: 17
Caventou, Claudia
Died: May 8, 1986
Age: 33
Chacon, Patricia
Died: March 3, 1984
Age: 16
Chambers, Colleen
Died: May 12, 1991
Age: 34
Chandler, Emma
Died: 1913


Chmiel, Sandra
Died: June 3, 1975
Age: 35
Chorney, Joyce
Died: November 18, 1953
Age: 25
Chubb, Jennie
Died: January 4, 1921
Age: 21
Clark, Helen
Died: September 16, 1941
Age: 23
Clark, Jennie P.
Died: February 25, 1979
Clark, Virginia
Died: February 21, 1929
Cliett, Gwendolyn
Died: May 5, 1980
Age: 29
Clodfelter, Margaret
Died: June 16, 1989
Age: 19
Cody, Georgia Lee
Died: September 18, 1958
Cohen, Jean
Died: January 22, 1925
Age: 17
Colson, Pamela
Died: June 26, 1994
Age: 31
Colton, Geneva
Died July 18, 1979
Age: 21
Congdon, Naomi
Died: August 28, 1943
Age: 21
Cook, Lizzie
Died July 27, 1884
Age: 25
Corbett, Alice
Died October 18, 1939
Age: 28
Corey, Andrea
Died: February 28, 1993
Age: 31
Cortez, Liliana
Died: September 25, 1986
Age: 22
Cote, Edith
Died: December 14, 1991
Age: 38
Cottone, Sheryl
Died: July 1, 1981
Age: 23
Coulter, Twila
Died: November 14, 1972
Age: 21
Covington, Barbara
Died September 11, 1962
Age: 35
Cross, Katherine
Died: October 10, 1917
Age: 18


Crow, Goldie
Died: July 17, 1941
Crowe, Agnes
Died: February 16, 1925
Age: 28
Crowell, Ethel
Died: April 14, 1930
Age: 20
Cunningham, Carol
Died: August 22, 1986
Age: 21
Cuda, Isabell
Died: November 12, 1952
Cybulski, Mary
Died: September, 1922
Age: 35
Damato, Betty
Died: August 25, 1980
Age: 26
Dancy, Mary Ann
Died: July 27, 1990
Age: 32
Danks, Roberta
Died: February 17, 1949
Age: 28
Dardie, Angel
Died: August 3, 1982
Age: 22
Davies, Mary
Died: December 9, 1956
Age: 26


Davis, Barbaralee
Died: June 14, 1977
Age: 18


Davis, Della
Died: May 18, 1925
Age: 25
Davis, Glenda
Died: March 14, 1989
Age: 31
Davis, Kathy
Died: February 6, 1987
Age: 26
Davis, Margaret
Died: July 15, 1971
Age: 33
Davis, Sharon
Died: January 9, 1983
Age: 17
Dawson, Nancy
Died: March 21, 1927


DeChapel, Marina
Died: August 17, 1978
Age: 34
dela Cruz, Arlin
Died: October, 1992
Age: 19
Dellorto, Evelyn
Died: July 26, 1930
Age: 20
Dennard, Synthia
Died: September 7, 1989
Age: 24
Desanges, Alerte
Died: September 16, 1994
Age: 36
Diancalana, Violet
February 17, 1929
Age: 25
DiDonato, Katherine
Died: October 23, 1936
Age: 26
Dillon, Barbara
Died: May 11, 1981
Age: 22
Dix, Mary
Died: 1874
Doe, Jane of Newark
Died June 16, 1993
Age: 20
Doran, Annie
Died: July 12, 1889
Dorsey, Laniece
Died: March 6, 1986
Age: 17
Dowdy, Tamika
Died: December 2, 1998
Age: 22

Drummer, Gwendolyn
Died: January 31, 1972
Age: 15
Duarte, Anjelica
Died: November 1, 1991
Age: 21
Dudley, Evelyn
Died: March 16, 1973
Age: 38
Duvall, Clara
Died: March 27, 1929
Age: 32
Eagen, Ilene
Died: March 24, 1947
Ellergood, Gussie
Died: July 1, 1882


Emry, Sherry
Died: January 2, 1978
Age: 26
Enders, Loretta
Died: 1928
Age: 19
English, Georgianna
Died: January 12, 1980
Age: 32
Epperson Marie
Died: 1930
Eschrich, Edith
Died: 1935
Age: 24
Espinoza, Maureen
Died: April 15, 1997
Age: 16
Estanislao, Gladyss
Died: May 12, 1989
Age: 28
Faulkner, M.A.M.
Died: August 20, 1880
Fazio, Anna
Died: February 13, 1929
Age: 20
Federowicz, Mary
Died: July 21, 1923
Age: 28
Ferguson, Isobel
Died: April 14, 1932
Fisher, Beatrice
Died: March 6, 1945
Age: 36
Fisher, Betty
Died: June 13, 1925
Age: 24


Fisher, Erna
Died: October 10, 1988
Age: 18
Fix, Bonnie
Died: February 12, 1974
Age: 38
Floyd, Sharon
Died: March 28, 1975
Age: 18
Fondren, Linda
Died: January 20, 1974
Age: 21
Foorman, Mary
Died: November, 1875


Forster, Janet
Died: September 15, 1971
Age: 18
Forte, Cristella
Died: January 14, 1986
Age: 16
Fox, Glenna Jean
Died: January, 1989
Age: 17
France, Laura
Died: September, 1989
Age: 33
Franklin, Shellane
Died: August 23, 1927
Age: 27
Friedl, Ruth
Died: August 21, 1929
Age: 27
Gaiewski, Florence
Died: September 3, 1903
Garcia, Jammie
Died: March 2, 1994
Age: 14
Garcia, Josefina
Died: May 23, 1985
Age: 37
Gardener, Etta
Died: September, 1916
Garver, Winifred
Died: June 27, 1929
Age: 19
Gibbons, Maggie
Died: January 3, 1878
Gibson, Marie
Died: 1980
Age: 34
Gies, Mrs. Frederic
Died: 1908


Gilbert, Christen
Died: January 13, 2005
Age: 19
Garcia, Josefina
Died: May 28, 1985
Age: 37
Gilbert, Kathleen
Died: May 2, 1985
Age: 29
Giovenco, Lillie
Died: October 1, 1914
Age: 18


Goesswein, Christina
Died: October 19, 1990
Age: 19
Golden, Gaylene
Died: September 30, 1985
Age: 21
Gomez, Maria
Died: May 4, 1976
Age: 39
Goncalves, Rita
Died: January 8, 1984
Age: 25


Goode, Edrica
Died: February 14, 2007
Age: 21
Gosch, Anna
Died: March 20, 1906
Graham, Shary
Died: January 16, 1982
Age: 34
Grant, Doris
Died: March 15, 1971
Age: 32
Grant, Vivian
Died: January 21, 1961
Age: 23
Gray, Debra
Died: July 15, 1989
Age: 34
Green, Edith
Died: July 10, 1926
Age: 20
Greene, Norma
Died: March 16, 1981
Age: 34
Griffith, Jolene
Died: March 25, 1962
Grunas, Laura
Age: 30
Died: August 4, 2006
Gutierrez, Carolina
Died: February 5, 1996
Age: 21
Hall, Ruth
Died April 15, 1932
Hall, Angela
Died: June 14, 1991
Age: 27
Hamptlon, Sharon
Died: December 13, 1996
Age: 27


Handy, Alberta
Died: February 2, 1926
Age: 38
Hannover, Rose
Died: June 22, 1928
Age: 31


Hanson, Barbara
Died: October 13, 1939
Age: 21
Hardaway, Arnetta
Died: December 27, 1985
Age: 18
Hardesty, Arretta

Age: 31
Hargarten, Angerita
Died: February 20, 1927
Age: 23


Harris, Gracealynn 'Tammy'
Died: September 16, 1997
Age: 19
Harris, Wilma
Died: May 20, 1974
Age: 17
Hartozinski, Sophia
Died: December 18, 1923
Age: 40
Haught, Ruth
Died: August 19, 1937
Age: 30
Hawk, Ada
Died: April, 1893
Age: 20
Haynes, Eleanor
Died: October 6, 1937
Age: 22
Head, L'Echelle
Died October 11, 2000
Age: 21
Hebert, Sheila
Died: June 6, 1984
Age: 27
Hedlund, Selma
Died: March 16, 1924
Age: 35
Heim, Donna
Died: August 13, 1986
Age: 20
Hellman, Elizabeth
Died: February 6, 1952
Age: 35
Henry, Ida
Died: January 12, 1900
Age: 26
Herman, Sophie
Died: 1903
Age: 23
Herod, Emma
Died: April 30, 1923
Age: 29


Herron, Lou Ann
Died: April 14, 1998
Age: 33
Herron, Moris Helen
Died: November 3, 1983
Age: 26
Hess, Rhonda
Died: September 28, 1982
Age: 20


Hicht, Marie
Died: September 2, 1899
Hines, Betty
Died: July 19, 1971
Age: 21
Hollis, Shirley
Died: March 22, 1991
Age: 30
Holmes, Denise
Died: December 21, 1970
Age: 24
Hoppert, Barbara
Died: March 22, 1983
Age: 16
Hoer, Ethel
Died: October 15, 1926
Age: 23
Humphrey, Kristina
Died: August 14, 1994
Age: 24
Hulbert, Lillian
Died: October 25, 1922
Age: 24
Huse, Louise
Died: June 12, 1922
Age: 30


Iorio, Grace
Died: June 14, 1930
Age: 27
Ives, Mary
Died: August 7, 1983
Age: 28
Jabbie, Karretu
Died: November 2, 1989
Age: 24
Jackson, Louchrisser
Died: November 4, 1977
Age: 23
Jakobsen, Mildred
Died: April 8, 1928
Age: 26


Jarrett, Jeanette
Died: October 11, 1926
Age: 28
Jasinski, Dorothy
Died: November 29, 1930
Age: 17
Jimenez, Rosie
Died October 3, 1977
Age: 27
Johnson, Agnes
Died: November 26, 1923
Age: 23
Johnson, Agnes
Died: October 12, 1929
Age: 33
Johnson, Anna
Died: 1915
Johnson, Joyce
Age: 26
Died: April 21, 1955
Johnson, Marjorie
Died: August 22, 1929
Age: 34
Jones, Doris
Died: April 11, 1935
Age: 30
Joy, Joy
Died: May 26, 1950
Jorgenson, Mrs. Andre
Died: June 28, 1900
Kaiser, Sandra
Died: 1984
Age: 14
Kakacek, Mary
Died: September 23, 1899
Kalat, Elise
Died: February 12, 1987
Age: 22
Keegan, Mary
Died: February 16, 1890

Kelly, Mary L.
Died: November 11, 1929
Age: 23
Kick, Anna
Died: November 20, 1925
Age: 29
Kimberly, Alice
Died: February 10, 1957
King, Patricia
Died: May 4, 1987
Age: 24
Kirkpatrick, Mary
Died: 1859
Age: 16
Kleinschmidt, Matilda
Died: September 21, 1930
Age: 20
Koepping, Viola
Died: June 7, 1929
Age: 20
Koester, Alice
Died: March 5, 1900
Kohnke, Martha
Died: September 24, 1927
Age: 35
Koss, Helen
Died: January 6, 1924
Age: 26
Kruse, Florence
Died: August 29, 1927
Age: 15
Kuba, Jennie
Died: June 20, 1929
Age: 28
Kwit, Stefania
Died: April 3, 1928
Age: 30
Ladel, Betty
Died: October 19, 1954
Lafavor, Mrs. Frank
Died: August 23, 1870
Age: 15
Lafontant, Giselene
Died: October 28, 1993
Age: 25
Lareau, Mary
Died: November, 1918
Larocque, Harriet
Died: April 25, 1902
Age: 19
LaRosa, Asunta
Died: May 6, 1938
Age: 29
Lathan, Minnie
Died: September 25, 1978
Age: 41
LeBinney, Emily
Died: April 27, 1896


Lee, Mrs. Frank
Died: April 25, 1932
Age: 17
Lefebre, Rose
Died: December 2, 1901
Lerner, Barbara
Died: April 18, 1981
Age: 30
Legge, Mary Ellen
Died: June 1, 1938
Age: 24
Lerner, Barbara
Died: April 18, 1981
Age: 30
Levy, Susan
Died: May 9, 1992
Age: 30
Lewis, Cora
Died: December 3, 1982
Age: 23
Libby, Mrs. George
Died: November 28, 1888
Age: 18
Lichtenberg, Harriet
Died: October 18, 1942
Age: 23
Lindquist, Florence S.
Died: April 26, 1914
Age: 18
Lint, Sara
Died: August 12, 1970
Age: 22
Lipner, Rose
Died: January 29, 1936
Age: 32
Lira, Maria
Died: October 16, 1974
Age: 19
Lockdoy, Martha
Died: September, 1857
Lofrumento, Barbara
Died: June 3, 1962
Age: 19
Logan, Suzanne
Died: December 1, 1992
Age: 34
Lopez, Diana
Died: February 28, 2002
Age: 25
Lovelace, Linda
Died: July 16, 1980
Age: 21
Lowy, Lottie
Died: July 26, 1925
Age: 27


Lozada, Elva
Died: 1964
Lozinski, Deborah
Died: June 21, 1985
Age: 17
Mack, Dawn
Died: August 3, 1991
Age: 21
Maday, Louise
Died: March 27, 1926
Age: 24
Madden, Michelle
Died: November 22, 1986
Age: 18
Madison, Lola
Died: March 2, 1906
Age: 28
Mallard, Jennie
Died: January 16, 1901
Malinken, Caroline
Died: February 11, 1861
Age: 35
Marcus, Etta
Died: March 29, 1924
Age: 30
Margrove, Sharon
Died: May 21, 1970
Age: 25
Martin, Dorothy
Died: July 29, 1949
Marts, Margaret
Died: February 15, 1920


Maslanka, Veronica
Died: June 19, 1922
Age: 26
"Mason, Haley"
Died: April 5, 2001
Age: 22
Masterson, Bridget
Died: December 16, 1925
Age: 22


Matteson, Mrs. G.H.
Died: May 9, 1901
Mau, Catherine
Died: March 11, 1928
Age: 30


Mazo, Gail
Died: 1979
Age: 27
McCarthy, Margaret
Died: May 17, 1904
McCarty, Mary
Died: January, 1880
Age: 30


McCollough, Lillian
Died July, 1926
Age: 18


McCoy, Amanda
Died December, 1871
McCoy, Sophie
Died: September 26, 1990
Age: 17
McDonald, Carrie
Died: 1922


McDowell, Rita
Died: March 8, 1975
Age: 16
McElroy, Eunice
Died: November 14, 1928
Age: 21
McFadden, Myria
Died: December 8, 1987
Age: 28