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Cree Erwin-Sheppard, a 24-year-old mother from Battle Creek, Michigan, suffered a painful death after a botched abortion. Suspicions about hospital negligence and lack of accountability from Planned Parenthood have been raised since the release of an autopsy report given to the Kalamazoo Gazette, along with new information about Cree’s death obtained by her brother, Tyler Sheppard.

On Thursday, April 13, Tyler Sheppard, along with Cree’s other brothers, David Coleman and Ashton Erwin, publicly protested the mishandling of their sister’s death. During the protest, Sheppard shared the medical record of Cree’s emergency visit after her botched abortion. An ultrasound done at the Bronson Battle Creek Hospital on July 2 showed “the presence of a clot and/or retained products of conception.” The emergency record also stated that”the patient’s symptoms and work-up results were consistent with an incomplete miscarriage and pelvic pain.”

Cree went to the emergency room at Bronson Battle Creek Hospital on the night of July 2, vomiting and in extreme pain. After the ultrasound, she was given morphine for the pain and anti-nausea meds. She was discharged with a prescription for pain and anti-nausea meds. Erwin-Sheppard was instructed to take the meds and follow up with Planned Parenthood or her doctor after the Fourth of July weekend.

Tyler Sheppard, along with others, is questioning why E.R. doctors would release Cree after the ultrasound showed a “clot and/or retained products of conception.” According to Sheppard, the hospital pharmacy was closed when she was discharged. Erwin-Sheppard’s hospital discharge papers state that she was released at 12:35 a.m. on the morning of July 3. Tyler told Michigan Live News:

"They saw baby parts still inside of my sister and they still sent her home. I want to know what happened…. They sent her home and the next day she died. I want to know why my sister’s life wasn’t good enough to save."