Boston woman sues for child-rearing costs after failed abortion

[AgentJean]

http://wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=6190310

BOSTON A Boston woman is suing Planned Parenthood and two doctors over a failed abortion.

Forty-five-year-old Jennifer Raper wants them to pay the cost of raising her child.

The medical malpractice suit contends that Raper found out she was pregnant in March 2004 and, for financial reasons, decided to get an abortion.

She says a Planned Parenthood doctor who performed the procedure didn't do it properly, with the result that she was still pregnant. The suit says a doctor at Boston Medical Center failed to detect the pregnancy that July, although by then she was 20 weeks along.

It wasn't until September 2004 that she found out she was still pregnant when she went to an emergency room for treatment of pelvic pain.

In December 2004, she gave birth to a girl.

This lady needs to be smacked around a few times, seriously smacked around. Ok, she clearly did not want the kid, else she would not have tried to get an abortion. The abortion fails she has the kid, she still does not want it.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH ADOPTION?

Now I'm not here to debate anything about abortion or adoption but There are other options besides suing for money. This women is clearly unfit to raise a child and will likely use any money collected to fund a drug habbit.

This women should be sterilized and the child removed from her home.

 

[jhayx7]

I'm sure she could leave the kid on a street corner and the Boston bomb squad would blow it up for her.

 

[KaChow]

Originally posted by: AgentJean
http://wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=6190310

This women is clearly unfit to raise a child and will likely use any money collected to fund a drug habbit.

Where did this drug habit thing come from?

 

[rivan]

Originally posted by: AgentJean
http://wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=6190310

BOSTON A Boston woman is suing Planned Parenthood and two doctors over a failed abortion.

Forty-five-year-old Jennifer Raper wants them to pay the cost of raising her child.

The medical malpractice suit contends that Raper found out she was pregnant in March 2004 and, for financial reasons, decided to get an abortion.

She says a Planned Parenthood doctor who performed the procedure didn't do it properly, with the result that she was still pregnant. The suit says a doctor at Boston Medical Center failed to detect the pregnancy that July, although by then she was 20 weeks along.

It wasn't until September 2004 that she found out she was still pregnant when she went to an emergency room for treatment of pelvic pain.

In December 2004, she gave birth to a girl.

This lady needs to be smacked around a few times, seriously smacked around. Ok, she clearly did not want the kid, else she would not have tried to get an abortion. The abortion fails she has the kid, she still does not want it.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH ADOPTION?

Now I'm not here to debate anything about abortion or adoption but There are other options besides suing for money. This women is clearly unfit to raise a child and will likely use any money collected to fund a drug habbit.

This women should be sterilized and the child removed from her home.

Our society is far too litigious.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: AgentJean
http://wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=6190310

BOSTON A Boston woman is suing Planned Parenthood and two doctors over a failed abortion.

Forty-five-year-old Jennifer Raper wants them to pay the cost of raising her child.

The medical malpractice suit contends that Raper found out she was pregnant in March 2004 and, for financial reasons, decided to get an abortion.

She says a Planned Parenthood doctor who performed the procedure didn't do it properly, with the result that she was still pregnant. The suit says a doctor at Boston Medical Center failed to detect the pregnancy that July, although by then she was 20 weeks along.

It wasn't until September 2004 that she found out she was still pregnant when she went to an emergency room for treatment of pelvic pain.

In December 2004, she gave birth to a girl.

This lady needs to be smacked around a few times, seriously smacked around. Ok, she clearly did not want the kid, else she would not have tried to get an abortion. The abortion fails she has the kid, she still does not want it.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH ADOPTION?

Now I'm not here to debate anything about abortion or adoption but There are other options besides suing for money. This women is clearly unfit to raise a child and will likely use any money collected to fund a drug habbit.

This women should be sterilized and the child removed from her home.

Why would you assume she is a drug user?

Why shouldn't the clinic pay for botching the procedure?

 

[Zysoclaplem]

Originally posted by: AgentJean
http://wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=6190310

BOSTON A Boston woman is suing Planned Parenthood and two doctors over a failed abortion.

Forty-five-year-old Jennifer Raper wants them to pay the cost of raising her child.

The medical malpractice suit contends that Raper found out she was pregnant in March 2004 and, for financial reasons, decided to get an abortion.

She says a Planned Parenthood doctor who performed the procedure didn't do it properly, with the result that she was still pregnant. The suit says a doctor at Boston Medical Center failed to detect the pregnancy that July, although by then she was 20 weeks along.

It wasn't until September 2004 that she found out she was still pregnant when she went to an emergency room for treatment of pelvic pain.

In December 2004, she gave birth to a girl.

This lady needs to be smacked around a few times, seriously smacked around. Ok, she clearly did not want the kid, else she would not have tried to get an abortion. The abortion fails she has the kid, she still does not want it.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH ADOPTION?

Now I'm not here to debate anything about abortion or adoption but There are other options besides suing for money. This women is clearly unfit to raise a child and will likely use any money collected to fund a drug habbit.

This women should be sterilized and the child removed from her home.

At the point where it was a valid choice, she made the choice to have an abortion.
She paid PPH to give her the abortion. She goes along living her life without worry for saving for an upcoming child. She doesn't ready her life. She finds out later the doctor didn't actually give her an abortion. She has a child completely unprepared.

I think PPH should be liable for some part of that.

 

[AgentJean]

Originally posted by: KaChow

Originally posted by: AgentJean
http://wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=6190310

This women is clearly unfit to raise a child and will likely use any money collected to fund a drug habbit.

Where did this drug habit thing come from?

Just speculation, but I have a feeling I'm not far off. If she had any sence of responsibility she would have put the child up for adoption after the abortion failed if she could not "afford" to raise the child.

How do you think the kid is going to feel years from now when she finds out her mother tried to have her killed and sued the doctors to pay raising the kid when the abortion didn't work. This kid is going to turn out as screwed up as her mother.

 

[PingSpike]

PPH should pay the costs for putting the child up for adoptions perhaps. Certainly not the entire cost of raising the child.

 

[AgentJean]

Originally posted by: Zysoclaplem

At the point where it was a valid choice, she made the choice to have an abortion.
She paid PPH to give her the abortion. She goes along living her life without worry for saving for an upcoming child. She doesn't ready her life. She finds out later the doctor didn't actually give her an abortion. She has a child completely unprepared.

I think PPH should be liable for some part of that.

I could agree to a point regarding the costs of the failed medical procedures and the cost of delivery, but to pay the yearly cost of rasing a kid for 18-21 years is down right crazy.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: AgentJean

Originally posted by: KaChow

Originally posted by: AgentJean
http://wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=6190310

This women is clearly unfit to raise a child and will likely use any money collected to fund a drug habbit.

Where did this drug habit thing come from?

Just speculation, but I have a feeling I'm not far off. If she had any sence of responsibility she would have put the child up for adoption after the abortion failed if she could not "afford" to raise the child.

How do you think the kid is going to feel years from now when she finds out her mother tried to have her killed and sued the doctors to pay raising the kid when the abortion didn't work. This kid is going to turn out as screwed up as her mother.

That's just a stupid assumption.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: AgentJean

Originally posted by: Zysoclaplem

At the point where it was a valid choice, she made the choice to have an abortion.
She paid PPH to give her the abortion. She goes along living her life without worry for saving for an upcoming child. She doesn't ready her life. She finds out later the doctor didn't actually give her an abortion. She has a child completely unprepared.

I think PPH should be liable for some part of that.

I could agree to a point regarding the costs of the failed medical procedures and the cost of delivery, but to pay the yearly cost of rasing a kid for 18-21 years is down right crazy.

Why? How much do you think it costs? It's not millions of dollars, ya know.

 

[Zysoclaplem]

Originally posted by: AgentJean

Originally posted by: Zysoclaplem

At the point where it was a valid choice, she made the choice to have an abortion.
She paid PPH to give her the abortion. She goes along living her life without worry for saving for an upcoming child. She doesn't ready her life. She finds out later the doctor didn't actually give her an abortion. She has a child completely unprepared.

I think PPH should be liable for some part of that.

I could agree to a point regarding the costs of the failed medical procedures and the cost of delivery, but to pay the yearly cost of rasing a kid for 18-21 years is down right crazy.

I didn't read anything about 18-21 years.
I don't have enough info on this story to form an opinion about this lady or PPH.

 

[yuppiejr]

Hmm, and what about the woman's choice to have sex resulting in her getting pregnant in the first place? Seems like she should be chasing down baby-Daddy rather than the planned parenthood clinic. Unless of course she doesn't know who the father is, which again raises the question of personal accountability...

 

[purbeast0]

I disagree with the OP.

I think this is a very legit lawsuit. She paid for an abortion from a doctor and she didn't get the abortion. It had to be a huge mistake on the doctors part to not know that the baby wasn't aborted.

This is just like suing for any other kind of medical malpractice, and this one probably has a much longer lasting effect than many other malpractices. I hope she wins.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: AgentJean

Originally posted by: Zysoclaplem

At the point where it was a valid choice, she made the choice to have an abortion.
She paid PPH to give her the abortion. She goes along living her life without worry for saving for an upcoming child. She doesn't ready her life. She finds out later the doctor didn't actually give her an abortion. She has a child completely unprepared.

I think PPH should be liable for some part of that.

I could agree to a point regarding the costs of the failed medical procedures and the cost of delivery, but to pay the yearly cost of rasing a kid for 18-21 years is down right crazy.

Why? How much do you think it costs? It's not millions of dollars, ya know.

Baby Center estimate for raising a baby born in 2007 in the Northeast by a single-parent making $38k-64k with no college - 465,138.

Bankrate says $190,528.00.

 

[Zysoclaplem]

Originally posted by: yuppiejr
Hmm, and what about the woman's choice to have sex resulting in her getting pregnant in the first place? Seems like she should be chasing down baby-Daddy rather than the planned parenthood clinic. Unless of course she doesn't know who the father is, which again raises the question of personal accountability...

Personal feelings aside, she opted for the abortion. I've read how abortions are done. It's not pretty, but it seems like a sure shot. I don't understand how they failed. Oh well. Anyways...

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: purbeast0
I disagree with the OP.

I think this is a very legit lawsuit. She paid for an abortion from a doctor and she didn't get the abortion. It had to be a huge mistake on the doctors part to not know that the baby wasn't aborted.

This is just like suing for any other kind of medical malpractice, and this one probably has a much longer lasting effect than many other malpractices. I hope she wins.

I can understand suing for the failed abortion but not for the child rearing costs. As others have stated, adoption is a viable option if she doesn't want to be a mother.

 

[BKLounger]

honestly i think planed parenthood should pay for any medical bills and if she wants to put the child up for adoption then pay for any fees included with that. That is all they should be liable for. If she doesn't want this kid so much then put it up for adoption. Millions of people would give everything they have to be able to have a child. Also to raise a child for 18 years definately could run close to a million bucks (for all living costs of the child).

 

[Amused]

If you Google the story, other versions have PP admitting fault.

A couple hundred grand is NOT too much to ask for such a blatant case of incompetence.

 

[Zysoclaplem]

Originally posted by: BKLounger
honestly i think planed parenthood should pay for any medical bills and if she wants to put the child up for adoption then pay for any fees included with that. That is all they should be liable for. If she doesn't want this kid so much then put it up for adoption. Millions of people would give everything they have to be able to have a child. Also to raise a child for 18 years definately could run close to a million bucks (for all living costs of the child).

Nah.
I'd say with medical bills and 30k a year just for the child you are looking at about 600k.
And a child doesn't require 30k a year.
I say they give her a lump sum and just be done with it. She isn't going to do anything for the child anyway.

 

[wiredspider]

How does one botch an abortion , is the child even "normal"?

 

[BKLounger]

Originally posted by: Amused
If you Google the story, other versions have PP admitting fault.

A couple hundred grand is NOT too much to ask for such a blatant case of incompetence.

a couple hundred grand would be reasonable but do you honestly think she would only ask for a couple hundred grand? Most likely she will request a couple million for "child raising expenses"

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: BKLounger

Originally posted by: Amused
If you Google the story, other versions have PP admitting fault.

A couple hundred grand is NOT too much to ask for such a blatant case of incompetence.

a couple hundred grand would be reasonable but do you honestly think she would only ask for a couple hundred grand? Most likely she will request a couple million for "child raising expenses"

Actually, I think the court would look up the averages for child rearing expenses and base their award on that.

You can't just pull a number out of your ass, contrary to popular notion.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: purbeast0
I disagree with the OP.

I think this is a very legit lawsuit. She paid for an abortion from a doctor and she didn't get the abortion. It had to be a huge mistake on the doctors part to not know that the baby wasn't aborted.

This is just like suing for any other kind of medical malpractice, and this one probably has a much longer lasting effect than many other malpractices. I hope she wins.

I can understand suing for the failed abortion but not for the child rearing costs. As others have stated, adoption is a viable option if she doesn't want to be a mother.

You're ignoring the emotional element. It's hard knowing that you have a child that you can't see.

I wonder how they didn't know the abortion was unsuccessful.

I wonder how SHE didn't realize she was still pregnant for several months.

 

[BKLounger]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: BKLounger

Originally posted by: Amused
If you Google the story, other versions have PP admitting fault.

A couple hundred grand is NOT too much to ask for such a blatant case of incompetence.

a couple hundred grand would be reasonable but do you honestly think she would only ask for a couple hundred grand? Most likely she will request a couple million for "child raising expenses"

Actually, I think the court would look up the averages for child rearing expenses and base their award on that.

You can't just pull a number out of your ass, contrary to popular notion.

You forget this is boston. People can pull whatever they want out of their ass and usually get away with it. I see people win retarded lawsuits all the time here.