Woman sues for child-rearing costs after failed abortion
This poor kid is going to have some issues. For some reason this reminds me of the South Park episode where Cartman’s mom wants an abort him.
“Raper claimed in the three-page medical malpractice suit that she found out she was pregnant in March 2004 and decided to have an abortion for financial reasons.
Dr. Allison Bryant, a physician working for Planned Parenthood at the time, performed the procedure on April 9, 2004, but it “was not done properly, causing the plaintiff to remain pregnant,” according to the complaint.”
link (thanks august west)
March 9th, 2007 at 2:34 pm
As a law student who has studied this kind of law, I’m very interested to see how this case comes down.
I can see her recovering some damages, but as far as the child rearing costs, it seems like she should have a duty to mitigate damages, i.e. offer the baby for adoption.