The location has been confirmed in the case of the young Battle Creek woman who died on July 4 after having an abortion. Cree Erwin, 24, had an abortion at the Planned Parenthood facility in Kalamazoo on June 30, 2016.
She likely passed away at some point late in the evening of July 3, roughly 24 hours after visiting a nearby emergency room complaining of abdominal pain. Her mother found her unresponsive and emergency responders pronounced her dead at the scene in the early morning hours of July 4.
It has also been confirmed that Planned Parenthood abortionist Laura Denise Castleman provided Erwin with a prescription for a pain medication that was to be filled later at a separate pharmacy. It remains unclear whether she actually conducted Erwin’s abortion, or if that was done by another Planned Parenthood abortionist.
Details from Erwin's autopsy have not yet been released. This news comes at a time that Planned Parenthood has threatened to sue the state of Michigan in order to get rid of our state's abortion clinic health and safety regulations. Before the regulations were updated in 2012 most abortion clinics in Michigan had never been inspected, and several closed after being unable or unwilling to meet the basic standards of other outpatient facilities.
