[Missouri gal]

Deaths due to abortions sank to virtually zero after Roe v Wade for another reason. The “right to privacy” invented by Roe v. Wade was used as a cover for abortion deaths, as well. If a woman dies from complications of an abortion, medical providers are required to count it as a maternal death. Take a look at stats on maternal deaths pre-and post-RVW. They jump. Abortion worshipers get a two-fer: their side has no deaths, and maternal deaths become a big scary reason to argue that women should not be forced to give birth.

[TigersEye]

Well the chart is about illegal abortions and shows the sharpest drop occurring long before Roe v. Wade. But I know what you mean.

Years ago, when I first started posting this, I asked for help from the most ardent Pro-Life FReepers in finding current statistics on maternal deaths from abortion. They told me then that they simply don't exist. An abortion that causes internal bleeding and resulted in death would be recorded as 'death due to internal hemorrhage' with no mention of abortion. The government does the same thing with tobacco/cancer statistics. They lie by omission and obfuscation.