Carolina Gutierrez: A Victim of Choice

http://www.forerunner.com/fyi/victim/gutierrez.html tells her story.

Please note that some pictures of her body may be disturbing to sensitive eyes.

Carolina Gutierrez, pictured above in life and in death, is a victim of choice. She bought the lie that abortion is a safe, legal procedure. The pro-choice movement knows it's a lie and they don't care. That's why they didn't come to her aid during the six weeks it took her to die and that's why they aren't outraged that a year and a half after her death, no one has been held responsible.
The Miami Herald picked up the story after Carolina had been in the hospital for over a month. There are stories in the Herald about Carolina going back to 1989 when she was a 13 year old Nicaraguan refugee staying in the Bobby Maduro Miami Stadium as temporary shelter.
The Miami Herald did extensive coverage on her death and right afterwards - calling for a state investigation. However, there has been nothing written since May 25, 1996. It appears that Carolina Gutierrez has died a horrible death in vain - truly a victim of choice. Other victims are pictured to the right - a family broken. Jose Linarte grieves for his wife, Carolina Gutierrez, while holding his 2-year-old (at the time) son, Darwin, and 5-year-old daughter, Alba.
An update is needed to answer these questions: Has anyone been held responsible for this woman's death? Has anyone been punished? Has anyone lost their license? Has someone gotten away with murder? Has anything changed? Did Carolina die in vain? Where is the outrage from the women's rights groups? Email the Miami Herald and ask them to do a follow-up investigation and story. Please refer to this web page.
The first stories on Carolina Gutierrez appeared December 16, 1988 and January 19, 1989 when she was a teenage Nicaraguan refugee staying in the Bobby Maduro Miami Stadium as temporary shelter. References to her birthday verify that it is the same Carolina Gutierrez.
The Thursday 1/19/89 article refers to her celebrating her 14th birthday on Tuesday which would make her birthday 1/17/75. The 1/26/96 article says that she turned 21 in the intensive care unit which is consistent with a 1/17/75 birthdate.
Click on the dates below to read articles from the Miami Herald on Carolina Guteirrez leading up to her death from a botched abortion:
12/16/88 - STADIUM SHELTER, NICARAGUANS RETRACE PATH TO REFUGE IN LOCKER ROOM AT BOBBY MADURO STADIUM
01/19/89 - SIX NICARAGUAN FAMILIES SETTLE INTO NEW HOMES
01/26/96 - ABORTION PATIENT CRITICALLY ILL; STATE INVESTIGATES CLINIC
02/02/96 - DOCTORS AMPUTATE FEET OF WOMAN WHO BECAME ILL AFTER ABORTION
02/06/96 - RAGING INFECTION TAKES LIFE OF DADE ABORTION PATIENT
02/08/96 - CAROLINA GUTIERREZ SERVICES SET
02/09/96 - A TRAGIC CONSEQUENCE (editorial)
02/18/96 - ABORTION CLINIC REGULATIONS OFTEN FOUND TO BE LAX
03/01/96 - REGULATE ABORTION CLINICS BETTER (editorial)
05/24/96 - ABORTION CLINIC CAN RENEW LICENSE - MABER MEDICAL CENTER INVESTIGATED AFTER CLIENT'S DEATH
05/25/96 - A FAILURE TO REGULATE (editorial)
No further mention of the investigation has occurred as of November 1997.