Tag Archives: Pregnancy

Pa. Court Tosses Ban on ‘Wrongful Birth’ Lawsuits | York Dispatch | Associated Press | MARK SCOLFORO | 11/14/12

HARRISBURG, Pa.—A lawsuit based on a claim that doctors did not warn a pregnant woman she might give birth to a baby with severe defects can proceed because the Legislature violated the state constitution when it passed a law banning … Continue reading

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Mom Sues Doctor for Failed Abortion – Botched Abortion Raises New Ethical Quandaries | The Washington Post | Delia Lloyd | 5/29/12

LONDON — A 24-year-old woman in Mallorca, Spain sought an abortion at a health services clinic when she was seven weeks’ pregnant.  Two weeks later, she returned to the clinic and was told that the abortion had worked. Six months … Continue reading

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TX Federal Judge Nixes EEOC Breast Milk Pumping Case, Finds No COA re ‘Lactation Discrimination’ | ABA Journal | Martha Neil | 02/8/12

A federal judge in Texas says a mother was not protected by law from losing her job even if it’s true she was fired for asking to pump breast milk at work for her baby. “Lactation is not pregnancy, childbirth, … Continue reading

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Man Sues Texas Fertility Clinic, Claims Ex-Girlfriend Used Stolen Sperm to Get Pregnant | News – ABA Journal | 11/28/11

A New York man claims in a lawsuit against a Texas fertility clinic that his ex-girlfriend used in-vitro fertilization to get pregnant with sperm from their used condoms. The plaintiff, telecommunications manager Joseph Pressil, tells the New York Post he … Continue reading

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