Abortionist Benjamin Munson, a member of the National Abortion Federation (NAF), was charged with and tried for manslaughter after killing Linda Padfield on June 18, 1973.
Pro-choice groups, showing no concern for Linda’s loss of life and suffering, raised money for his defense.
The pathologist found a preborn child of nearly five months gestation, missing its leg, arm, part of its skull and part of its torso, in Padfield’s uterus. The autopsy revealed she died of a massive infection. Munson sued to enjoin the prosecution but was denied in his motion. The Attorney General said that “You take a three-inch leg off something, you have to know that there’s more in there than just the leg.” Munson’s defense argued that the State could not prove that he intended to harm Padfield by leaving so much of the preborn child inside her, but a prosecution expert witness said that infection would result in every case when so much tissue is left behind.
References: American Medical News, August 29, 1977; AMA News, December 12, 1977 and January 23, 1978; “The Munson Case: How They View Abortion Verdict Back Home.” National Right to Life News, February 1978, page 8; “Abortion Activist Faces South Dakota Manslaughter Trial.” National Right to Life News, October 1977, pages 1 and 5; “Abortionist Tries To Evade Charge.” National Right to Life News, October 1976, page 15; Lori Sturdevant. “S. Dakota Doctor Acquitted in Abortion Death.” Minneapolis Tribune, October 21, 1977, pages 1B and 6B.
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