She pleaded guilty and was sent to the state mental hospital. They paid for her bail, but nine hours after release, she was arrested again for sniffing paint. They said they had five couples willing to adopt. They offered her food, shelter, medical care and money if she would have the baby. Later, an attorney took her case and she withdrew the plea.Ī pro-life group called The Lambs of Christ began talking to Greywind while she was in jail, trying to convince her not to have an abortion. Subsequently, she was charged with reckless endangerment to a fetus, and on February 10, without any legal assistance, she pleaded guilty. She had expressed desire for an abortion, but could not afford one. It was soon discovered she was pregnant, inhaling fumes in part to induce a miscarriage. It all started when Martina Greywind, a 28-year-old woman from Fargo was arrested on for inhaling paint fumes. In 1992 an abortion case from North Dakota received national attention, including an article appearing in the New York Times on this date. The abortion debate often gets cleanly split into two camps: pro-life and pro-choice.
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