The whole notion that women died because of "back alley" abortions was almost entirely about advances in antibiotics, it had nothing to do with abortions.
http://www.abortionfacts.com/online_books/love_them_both/why_cant_we_love_them_both_27.asp
I posted this thread last week about the fact that illegal abortions are still being performed, in Massachusetts of all places!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1570620/posts
And they lied about the numbers just pulling them out of thin air. The article I posted has a lot of info and it's great for rebuttals too. I was shocked when I first read it.
A few years ago, I went to a pro-life rally where you stand silently just holding signs. I'm sorry that I can't remember the name of the rally. We lined the road. There was a restaurant behind us and a young woman and her boyfriend came out of the restaurant, She saw us and started to scream. Her rant was laced with profanities and she "bragged" that she'd had 3 abortions and wasn't sorry and that she'd do it again. They pulled out of the drive to our left and drove by us. She continued to yell obscenities and lean out the car window making obscene gestures. Her boyfriend kept trying to stop her. She was beside herself with rage. We stood quietly and never addressed her or looked at her directly. I hope she got help.