What some young
women will go through
to avoid parental consent
and notification laws.
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RXBECCA SUtAXKl MU
lodianapolif, Indiana
OATC AND TIME 0* OtATH
Sept ambe r 14, IMS: 2329 hours
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St Vincent Hospital.
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ffn-i 9UXM#C C3-L mm pnavxmced dead at St V meant Hoepltel.
XAdlenepolie. IrtliM* el atojt 2319 hour*. Septa^oer 14. 1944.
2001 Meet 84th Street.
InveetlgatIon diecloeed that REBECCA BELL became pregnant in mid-Hay 1984
(According to Manned Parenthood referral receipt). She did not confide
thli information to her parent*. According to her friend. Heather CLARK.
REBECCA BELL told the father of the unborn child about the pregnancy and
ha broke off ail contact with her in mid-July. REBECCA BELL told HEATHER
CLARK that aha intended to have an abortion. REBECCA BELL alao reportedly
^■a a history of aubatance abu*e for which aha wea hoapltallied from mid
february through April, 1988.
REBECCA BELL reportedly waa at a party where various drugs were being used
(cocaine, “speed’ and LSD) on the week-end of September 10-11. claimed that
someone had put “speed* or cocaine in her drink On Tuesday. September 13.
■he awoke with a neck ache, stayed home from *c ool and developed an elevet
ed temperature. She waa somewhat improved on Wednesday but waa found on
Trlday, September 14 when her father went home at about noon and aha was
ill. He took her for an a-ray which ahowed pneumonia bilaterally. She was
hoeplteliaed where she went into cardiopulmonary arrest later that night.
The autopsy diecloeed that her death waa due to a septic abortion with
pneumonia. She had told conflicting stories about abortion plane and the
exact circumstance* of the abortion are not known. Ah analysis of poatmorter
blood waa negative for ethanol and drugs.
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VI
Don’t let this happen in Oregon.
Pro-Choice Memorial Rally
for Women’s Lives V
Speakers: Karen and Bill Bell ^f\
Erb Memorial Union Courtyard Jt*
(Walnut Room, EMU, if raining)
Thursday, Oct. 25,1990 11:30 AM 5TUP^A)lb
Co-sponsored by the Becky Bell - Rosie Jimenez Campaign. A project of the
Fund for the Feminist Majority. For Info call 703-522-2214 or 213-651-0495.