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An 18-year-old woman has died of complications from a legal second-trimester abortion at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic, according to a newly released autopsy.<\/p>\n

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The Larimer County Coroner\u2019s office that \u201cAlexis Lynn Arguello died of complications of surgical pregnancy termination,\u201d including a \u201cprobable amniotic fluid embolism,\u201d after the February 2025 procedure in Fort Collins.<\/p>\n

Ms. Arguello was 21 months and six days pregnant when she died at a hospital after receiving a blood transfusion, the report stated.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe experienced refractory shock and multiorgan failure and died,\u201d wrote Joseph K. White, a forensic pathologist.<\/p>\n

The pro-life groups Operation Rescue and Life Legal Defense Foundation obtained the report of withholding it and attempting to redact any mention of abortion.<\/p>\n

They also accused the Planned Parenthood staff of waiting too long to call 911, and of instructing the ambulance not to use sirens on the way to the hospital.<\/p>\n

A Colorado district judge ordered the county to release the report, rejecting Mr. Hanks\u2019 argument that it could undermine \u201cColorado\u2019s strong public policy in favor of protecting reproductive healthcare,\u201d according to court papers.<\/p>\n

Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, noted that Colorado is one of nine states that do not limit abortion at any stage of pregnancy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a national disgrace that calls for national leadership and solutions,\u201d Ms. Dannenfelser said in a statement. \u201cAbortion businesses like Planned Parenthood don\u2019t deserve a dime of taxpayer dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n

It remains unclear whether congressional Republicans will take any formal action against Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe tragic death of Lexi Arguello and her child underscores that federal taxpayers should not be forced to subsidize the deadly, grisly abortion industry,\u201d Rep. Chris Smith, a New Jersey Republican who chairs the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus, said in an emailed statement. \u201cFunding should instead be invested in real, life-affirming, health care for women and families.\u201d<\/p>\n

The White House has repeatedly touted President Trump\u2019s efforts to restrict federal funding for abortion. Additionally, the president has often taken credit for appointing the Supreme Court justices who voted to return abortion jurisdiction to the states in the 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health ruling.<\/p>\n

But the Trump administration quietly unfroze some Title X funding for Planned Parenthood in December, fueling speculation that it sees no political benefit from confronting the organization ahead of November\u2019s midterm elections.<\/p>\n

Kelly Sloan, a conservative lobbyist and columnist based in Denver, predicted the autopsy would at best spur \u201csome opening of conversation about the risks of abortion.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat ought to happen, what should happen, is an investigation into this poor young woman\u2019s death,\u201d Mr. Sloan said. \u201cThat is unlikely.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Planned Parenthood did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

Abortion risks<\/strong><\/p>\n

While the risk of death from abortion complications increases later in pregnancy, actual fatality rates remain unclear.<\/p>\n

Tricia Bruce, a sociologist affiliated with multiple institutions, noted that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stopped reporting abortion-related deaths last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWithout publicly reported statistics, cases such as this remain fodder for rumor and tragic storytelling rather than part of how states in a post-Dobbs abortion landscape monitor risk, oversight, and protection for all involved,\u201d Ms. Bruce said.<\/p>\n

In 2021, the CDC found that five women died out of 625,978 abortions that states reported voluntarily. The average national fatality rate from 2013 to 2021 was 0.46 per 100,000 abortions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, California, the nation\u2019s largest abortion-providing state, is among several jurisdictions that long refused to report their numbers to the agency.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s impossible to answer how common these emergencies are, and it is absolutely something the American people should be demanding,\u201d said Lauren Enriquez of the pro-life Human Coalition. \u201cThe claim that abortion is \u2018safe\u2019 comes from the abortion industry.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mary Ziegler, a leading historian of the legal abortion debate, countered that amniotic aneurysms are rare and could happen during any pregnancy.<\/p>\n

She noted that the autopsy said Ms. Arguello died after amniotic fluid reached her bloodstream, triggering severe organ failure, and not because of any particular surgical action.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt could be this was just a tragedy, and there was nothing anyone did to trigger it,\u201d said Ms. Ziegler, a law professor at the University of California, Davis. \u201cGenerally, it would behoove pro-lifers not to speculate about what they know. This is a real person who died and whose family is grieving.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Dr. Greg Marchand, an OBGYN surgeon based in Mesa, Arizona, rejected the idea that Ms. Arguello\u2019s death was unpreventable.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat happened to Lexi wasn\u2019t a life-saving emergency,\u201d said Dr. Marchand, who opposes second-trimester abortions. \u201cIt was elective [surgery] on a healthy 18-year-old, and she should still be here. That\u2019s what should bother all of us, regardless of politics.\u201d<\/p>\n

Michael New, a social research professor at the Catholic University of America and affiliated scholar at the pro-life Charlotte Lozier Institute, predicted that officials will do nothing to probe the incident.<\/p>\n

\u201cSadly, the tragic death of Lexi Arguello and her preborn child probably will not have much effect on state politics, local politics, or Trump administration politics,\u201d Mr. New said. \u201cIt has received very little attention outside conservative and Christian media.\u201d<\/p>\n

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