Class-Action Lawsuit filed for Abortion (38 views)
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Subject:   Class-Action Malpractice Lawsuit Filed Against Planned
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Source:   Agape Press; January 22, 2002

Class-Action Malpractice Lawsuit Filed Against Planned Parenthood

St. Louis, MO -- A major class action lawsuit has been filed in U.S.
District Court in St. Louis against the Planned Parenthood Federation of
America and Planned Parenthood of St. Louis. The suit alleges medical
malpractice, wrongful death, civil rights violations, mass fraud, and
genocide by specifically targeting minority women for abortions.

The lawsuit centers around two major allegations of systematic "mass
fraud" and "genocide." The suit contends that Planned Parenthood has
systematically committed fraud by failing to inform women or outright
lying to them about the risks, both physical and emotional, associated
with having an abortion. Further, the suit also says that Planned
Parenthood has, since the organization's inception, been engaged in
genocide through the systematic targeting of low-income and minority women
for abortions.

The suit reads, "Defendant has a long history, even dating back to its
origin and founding, of intentionally targeting and encouraging lower
income persons and those of minority races and ethnic groups, to have
abortions, sterilization, and to use contraception, in order to lower the
populations of said groups. Due to said efforts and intents of Defendant
to lower the populations of lower income and minority groups, the
populations of the African American, Hispanic, and American Indian peoples
have declined sharply over the past three decades. Such acts on the part
of Defendant reflect an intent on its part to commit genocide against
Plaintiff and other African Americans, persons of lower socioeconomic
status, and other minority groups, and to deprive them of their
fundamental right to bear children, in violation of 42 USC 981."

It is a well-documented historical fact that Margaret Sanger, the founder
of Planned Parenthood, was an avid promoter and enforcer of the notions of
white supremacy and subscribed to Adolph Hitler's philosophy of eugenics
-- the science of "improving racial health" by socially engineering human
reproduction. Both Hitler and Sanger advocated birth control,
sterilization, and segregation of "undesirables" in concentration camps
for the "unfit." In Sanger's book, The Pivot of Civilization, she
point-blank called for the elimination of "human weeds" and sterilization
of "genetically inferior races."

Evidence for Planned Parenthood's systematic targeting of low-income and
minority women for abortions can also be found by simply examining the
services and statistical information regarding their clientele.

Planned Parenthood may offer some health-related services, such as STD and
HIV testing or annual gynecological exams, but when it comes to
pregnancy-related health care, there are only two choices which they
offer: prevention of conception (birth control) and prevention of birth
(abortion). Planned Parenthood is not in the business of helping women
prepare for parenthood. In fact, Sanger and her colleagues specifically
opposed giving maternal care to poor women and those who she considered
genetically inferior.

Examining the statistics regarding Planned Parenthood's clientele further
supports the lawsuit's allegation of genocide. According to Planned
Parenthood's own statistics, 42.7% of the abortions they perform are on
minorities, which is three times more than on whites as a percentage of
their respective populations.

In George Grant's book Grand Illusions, Grant quotes from a Department of
Health and Human Services report that states that African American women
made up 43% and Hispanic women made up 10% of the abortions performed in
America. Not counting (only because figures were not made available)
Native American, Pacific Islander, and other minority groups who had
abortions during the reporting period, that means that at least 53% of the
abortions performed were done on minority women, with the largest
percentage being done on African Americans. Grant adds more fuel to the
fire by observing that abortions outstrip births in most African American
communities by 3 to 1. Another indicator is the fact that the overwhelming
majority of Planned Parenthood's clinics are located in or near minority
neighborhoods.

The primary plaintiff in this case is Nicole Smith, an African American
resident of Alorton, Illinois, who was 27 years old with three children at
the time the events, which gave rise to this complaint, took place.

On October 1, 1999, Smith went to the Planned Parenthood clinic in St.
Louis, unsure whether or not she wanted to have an abortion. According to
Smith, the counselor proceeded to encourage and even pressure her into
having an abortion, despite the fact that she was in the second trimester
of her pregnancy. Several times during the conversation, Smith mentioned
her reluctance to have an abortion and mentioned that she could not afford
the $600 fee. The counselor persisted and even offered to lower the price
of the abortion from $600 to $400, stating that Planned Parenthood would
obtain "different funds" to make up the difference to enable her to have
the abortion.

When Smith asked about the health risks related to the abortion, the
counselor said she did not know of any such risks and never mentioned any
potential emotional harm from having an abortion. Smith was also shown a
video about the procedure the clinic planned to perform that made no
mention of any of the potential medical complications or emotional side
effects from the procedure. Smith then underwent an ultrasound but was not
shown the results.

The abortion required a physician with Planned Parenthood to place
Laminaria, a chemical suppository that causes dilation, into Smith's
cervix so that the abortion procedure could be done the following morning.
When this procedure was done, Smith was then told to go home and return
the next morning to complete the abortion.

Approximately 4 to 5 hours after the Laminaria were placed inside her;
Smith had a change of heart and decided not to go through with the
abortion. She then called the clinic to ask that the Laminaria be removed.
According to Smith, the staff member at the clinic refused her request and
told her to wait until the morning. Knowing that she would be completely
dilated by morning and fearing that she would lose her child, Smith went
to the emergency room at Belleville Memorial Hospital in Belleville,
Illinois, and had the Laminaria removed that night. During the initial
exam, it was noticed that leakage of fluid from her vagina was occurring,
so Smith was admitted to the hospital and given intravenous medication. A
sonogram was administered to Smith on October 5, revealing that the child
had died in utero. Smith was devastated emotionally from the loss of her
child and felt extremely guilty for even beginning the abortion procedure
in the first place.

Shortly after her discharge from the hospital on October 11, and
subsequent to the death of her child, Smith called the Planned Parenthood
clinic to notify them of her illness, her hospital stay, and the death of
her child. According to Smith, the nurse who received the call was
extremely rude to her when she heard that she had had the Laminaria
removed. The nurse then told Smith that she had "set herself up for all
kinds of infection," and that she could not have sexual intercourse or
take a bath as a result of her having the Laminaria removed. The nurse
went on to chastise Smith, telling her that she should have told her
counselor that she wanted to keep the baby and stated that she would not
tell her anything more about her health and was not going to give her her
money back.

The attorney representing Smith who filed the initial suit is Jason R.
Craddock of Springfield, Illinois, who is part African American and
American Indian. Johnny B. Davis, an attorney who specializes in
class-action and civil rights litigation, located in Dothan, Alabama, is
also an attorney in the suit. At this point in time, Craddock and Davis
are also being assisted by Thomas Smith of Franklin, Tennessee, and Ted
Amshoff of Louisville, Kentucky, both of whom specialize in medical
malpractice suits. Other attorneys from other states are expected to join
in the suit.

In a telephone interview with Davis, he emphasized that he and the team of
attorneys working on this case are going to be expanding it across the
country. "This is a class-action suit, therefore we are looking for women
who have suffered physical or emotional harm from abortions performed on
them by Planned Parenthood to be added to the list of plaintiffs. We
especially wish to find additional plaintiffs from the state of Missouri,"
he stated. Davis went on to explain that it does not matter where the
woman may now live, it matters where they had their abortion. For
instance, a woman now living in Illinois, Texas, or any other state, who
had an abortion in Missouri, could be considered part of the Missouri
class-action suit.

Davis also stated that not only are women who have had an abortion being
encouraged to join in the suit, but the families of women who have died as
a result of an abortion and those women who have been left incapacitated
as a result of an abortion, are being encouraged to join in as well.

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From:  David (DavidABrown)    3/23/2002 5:21 pm  
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Source:   Washington Times; February 5, 2002

Margaret Sanger Deceived Martin Luthger King Jr.
by Tanya L. Green

[Pro-Life Infonet Note:  Tanya L. Green is a special projects writer for
Concerned Women for America in Washington.]

You can't celebrate Black History Month without mentioning Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. But what isn't mentioned is the twisted thread of irony
woven between two events commemorated last month. Jan. 21 marked the
observance of the 73rd birthday of the slain civil rights leader, and the
following day marked the 29th anniversary of the landmark abortion
decision Roe vs. Wade. People gathered in Washington in the same place as
King's historic March on Washington, to protest Roe. For a black woman
like myself, the two events could not have been more opposite in the
freedoms gained and rights lost.

Few are aware that in May 1966, King was among the first recipients of
Planned Parenthood Federation of America's Margaret Sanger Award, for what
Planned Parenthood calls on its web site the "connection" between King's
crusade for social equality and Sanger's birth-control movement. In the
context of his acceptance speech, delivered by his wife Coretta Scott
King, he said there was a "striking kinship between our movement and
Margaret Sanger's early efforts."

 Was King misled when he likened the struggle for equal protection and
simple human dignity under the law to a campaign that resulted in denying
fundamental human rights to unborn babies?

 Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger formed the organization to
implement the eugenic ideology that prevailed in the early 20th century.
The eugenicists with whom she aligned herself espoused belief, as Sanger
put it, in the "supremacy" and "purity" of certain races of people,
notably the Aryan race. They believed the "fit" should be encouraged to
reproduce, while the "unfit" should constrain their numbers. The "unfit"
were the poor, racial minorities and certain groups of immigrants, and the
physically and mentally handicapped. They sought to accomplish this
through sterilization, birth-control and, eventually, abortion.

 In its early days, Planned Parenthood's international work was housed in
the offices of the Eugenic Society. Sanger's publication, "The Birth
Control Review" (founded in 1917) regularly featured pro-eugenic articles.
Eugenicists financed Planned Parenthood's early projects, such as the
opening of birth-control clinics and publication of pro-birth-control
literature, and constituted most of the organization's board members.

Planned Parenthood denies that Sanger was a racist or an eugenicist, but
there's truth to the adage that we are known by the company we keep.

 Particularly insidious is the obscure 1939 Negro Project created by
Sanger and Planned Parenthood (then called the Birth Control Federation of
America). They designed two southern rural Negro Project "demonstration
programs" to show how birth-control "could improve the general welfare of
Negroes" through maternal and infant death reductions and child spacing.
But some blacks saw this as an extermination plot.

 Sanger herself revealed concern over that impression in a letter to a
colleague: "We do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the
Negro population, and the minister is the man who can straighten out that
idea if it ever occurs to any of their more rebellious members."

She succeeded in convincing many black leaders, including ministers, of
birth-control's "family planning" benefits. Eventually, these same
"benefits," and more, would segue into the justification of abortion. So
it is unsurprising that although blacks comprise a mere 12 percent of the
population, black women account for 36 percent of all abortions performed
(according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's December
2000 report). Or that a disproportionate number of "family planning"
clinics are located in urban areas largely populated by low-income blacks
and other minorities.

 "I truly believe [King] was not aware of the duplicity of Planned
Parenthood's agenda," King's niece, Alveda King-Tookes told me. She
buttresses this with a direct quote from him: "The Negro cannot win . . .
if he is willing to sell the future of his children for his personal and
immediate comfort and safety."

 Mrs. King-Tookes said her uncle's words do not align themselves with the
condoning of abortion. "Abortion is a violent act, and the unborn are the
victims," she said.

 Denial of the most basic human right -- the right to live -- is the
premise for abortion. Sadly, some today have been led to confuse a "right"
to an abortion with traditional civil rights. The irony is that while King
heroically struggled to win equality for blacks, another movement was
working subversively to reduce the number of black children born. What
better way to limit the "Negro problem" than by decreasing the number of
"Negroes" -- and by persuading leaders in the black community to endorse
it.

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  From:  David (DavidABrown)    3/23/2002 5:23 pm  
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Source:   Ft. Worth Star-Telegram; February 4, 2002

Abortion Facility Director Sues Planned Parenthood

Fort Worth, TX -- The former director of a Texas Planned Parenthood
abortion facility is suing Planned Parenthood of North Texas for at least
$1.5 million, alleging that the stress brought on by a Planned Parenthood
"bomb awareness" drill has left her with emotional and physical problems.

After the 1998 murder of New York abortion practitioner Barnett Slepian,
PPNT began staging bomb awareness drills and other tests to evaluate
security and staff awareness at its facilities.

PPNT Security Manager Janice Crain circulated an inter-office memo on Nov.
10, 1998, informing employees that the pro-abortion organization would be
conducting "surprise security drills." An unmarked package arrived eight
days later at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Bedford, Texas, where it was
received by former clinic director Diane Vermersch. When a staff member
opened the package, which contained a piece of paper saying "Kaboom!" and
a note from Crain detailing the dangers of accepting or opening suspicious
packages, Vermersch evacuated the clinic and called police and fire
squadrons to the scene to inspect the package. Only after authorities were
on their way did a staff member contact Crain, who verified that she had
sent the package as a drill.

Vermersch says that the bomb drill incident has left her "severely
depressed and suffering from high blood pressure, fainting spells,
headaches, sleep disorders and extreme nervousness."

According to court documents, Vermersch said that she does not remember
receiving the memo about the drill and that her only previous "bomb
awareness" security training consisted of a meeting with bomb squad
members after a drill a few weeks earlier. Vermersch added that the
abortion facility often accepted packages from UPS and other delivery
services because the facility "routinely received test results from
independent laboratories."

Crain said in court documents that she only conducted the drill "to see if
there was going to be anybody out there that would be foolish enough to
accept the package," but she did not believe anybody "would accept it,
much less open it."

PPNT also states in the court documents that such drills are the most
effective way to test security, because the best way to learn safety
measures is to "actually practice the prescribed procedures." PPNT
officials, who maintain that no other employees have suffered emotional
distress because of the bomb drills, refused to comment on the lawsuit.

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  From:  David (DavidABrown)    6/13/2002 7:51 am  
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Subject:   British Woman Sues Over Abortion Trauma
Source:   Cybercast News Service; June 12, 2002

British Woman Sues Over Abortion Trauma

"The floodgates could open," he said. "Women have not been told the truth,
they have been conned."

London, England -- In the first case of its kind in the U.K., a woman is
suing Britain's state-run health service for emotional distress following
an abortion.

The woman, who requested anonymity, had the abortion four years ago when
she was 24 years old. In an interview with BBC radio broadcast Wednesday,
she said the abortion was "very frightening."

"I was really confused and I didn't know what to do so I ended up having a
termination at the local hospital," she said. "I certainly wasn't in the
right frame of mind to make any decisions like that."

After the abortion, the woman said she drank heavily and eventually sought
counselling after she became pregnant again and gave birth to a boy.

"I'd always realized what I'd done, but that (the birth) brought it all
back," she said.

The woman said doctors with the National Health Service (NHS) never
inquired about her mental state before the abortion.

"There was no warning of any psychological effects or any links to breast
cancer," she said. "I just want to make the NHS aware of their approach
... I think they need to do something about it."

The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) is
responsible for formulating national recommendations on what women should
be told about abortion. The instructions include a list of complications
such as bleeding, perforation of the uterus, infection and failure of the
abortion to terminate the life of the unborn child, but do not include the
possibility of grief or mental anguish.

The guidelines, listed on the RCOG's website, say that after an abortion
"early distress, although common, is usually a continuation of symptoms
present before the abortion. Conversely, long-lasting, negative effects on
both mothers and their children are reported where abortion has been
denied."

The instructions also stipulate, "Referral for further counselling should
be available for the small minority of women who experience long-term post
abortion distress."

Dr. Gillian Penney, chairwoman of the RCOG's guideline development
committee, said that the organization's recommendations were thoroughly
researched and represented the balance of medical opinion.

"We don't think it's necessary to warn women about psychological
problems," she said.

Penney claimed that for most women, the risk of mental health problems is
greater if an abortion is denied than if it is carried out. "We've brought
together the whole body of evidence on this topic," she said.

An RCOG spokeswoman said Wednesday that the organization couldn't comment
specifically on the lawsuit.

The anonymous woman is being supported in her suit by Life, one of
Britain's leading pro-life groups, which called her "courageous."

"Women are not only not getting the whole story, they're getting none of
the story. They are being put on a conveyor belt," said Jack Scarisbrick,
Life's national chairman. "The information pamphlets they get regarding
abortion are bland and imply that it is a simple procedure with few
regrets."

Scarisbrick said that the RCOG has used outdated evidence in formulating
its guidelines.

He said that studies show that up to 10 percent of women suffer from
server psychological distress after an abortion and that women who have
had an abortion are three times more likely to attempt suicide than women
who carry a pregnancy to term.

"We will keep piling up the evidence," he said. "It's coming thick and
fast from around the world."

But Penney, the RCOG guidelines chief, said that groups interpreted
evidence

"Depending on your prejudices, you can be convinced of different
conclusions on this topic," she said. "There is no new evidence to
contradict the recommendations that have been made."

The RCOG's recommendations are reviewed every two years, with the next
review of abortion guidelines scheduled for January 2003.

Scarisbrick said his organization has already received women requesting
Life's help in pursuing claims against the NHS. Since most abortions in
Britain are approved by doctors on the grounds that a woman's mental
health is adversely affected by carrying a pregnancy to term, Scarisbrick
said successful suits could eventually halt most abortion in the U.K.

"The floodgates could open," he said. "Women have not been told the truth,
they have been conned."

In 1998 in Australia, a woman sued an abortion facility which she said had
not warned her of the possible psychological consequences of an abortion.
It became known as "Ellen's case" and in the end was settled, through
mediation, before it reached court. Ellen received a sum of money, but was
bound by a gagging order forbidding publication of the details.

Her lawyer, Melbourne QC Charles Francis, told the BBC that there are
other similar cases now in the pipeline, but so far none has come to open
court.

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  From:  David (DavidABrown)    6/27/2003 2:03 pm  
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Family of Woman Who Died in Botched Abortion Sues Planned Parenthood

by Steven Ertelt
http://www.LifeNews.com Editor
June 26, 2003

Why Maltzer, whose practice is in Sacramento, was working in the Los Angeles abortion facility is not clear.

Schuler suggested the motive was financial.

"They get the clinics to do all the prep work, then they line the patients up in a cattle call," he said. "They never see the patient until just before surgery, and then spend five or six minutes with the patient and are on to the next one."

CPLC's Carroll said more oversight of abortion facilities is needed.

"The likelihood that Diana Lopez would be alive today if she had not walked into that Planned Parenthood Clinic is virtually a certainty," Carroll said.

Los Angeles, CA (LifeNews.com) -- The family of a woman who died from a botched abortion has filed a lawsuit against the Planned Parenthood abortion facility where it was performed and against the abortion practitioner responsible.

The lawsuit filed in Superior Court alleges that both Planned Parenthood and abortion practitioner Mark Maltzer are responsible for the death of Diana Lopez, 25, of Huntington Park, California.

Lopez died Feb. 28, 2002, from "a hemorrhage due to traumatic anterior cervical perforation due to dilation and evacuation for elective termination of pregnancy at 18 weeks," according to a deputy medical examiner at the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office. In other words, she bled to death after her cervix was punctured during her abortion.

Medical records indicate that because of extensive bleeding following the abortion, Lopez was taken by ambulance from the Planned Parenthood abortion facility in East Los Angeles to nearby Los Angeles County/University of Southern California Women's and Children's Hospital. There, surgeons performed an emergency hysterectomy, but Lopez died soon thereafter.

"It was wrong. It was wrong," said Judy Lopez, Diana's older sister. "She was healthy. She was fine."

Normally the type of abortion procedure Lopez had takes 30 minutes. Jack Schuler, the Lopez family's Van Nuys attorney, said the medical record indicated the D&E abortion she had lasted only six minutes, an obvious sign of sloppiness and lack of attention to detail.

Planned Parenthood of Los Angeles did not respond to a LifeNews.com request for a statement. Previously the abortion business referred questions about the case to their Los Angeles attorney, Gary Fields. Fields refused to comment. In a response filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, Fields denied the allegations.

Recently the California Department of Health Services released a report revealing that Planned Parenthood did not follow established medical procedures. 

The report found that an abortion should not have been performed on Lopez. 

Both the Department of Health Services and Planned Parenthood said that the problems that led to the violations have been fixed.

Despite the proclamation, the California Pro-Life Council says the state needs to be more responsible in tracking and curbing abortion-related deaths.

"The fact of the matter is that abortion deaths often do not show up in the statistics until or unless there is a court-case surrounding them, and abortion complications are gathered and reported nowhere in California," explained Jan Carroll, CPLC's Associate Director.

"Several attempts have been made in the California Legislature, without success, to require abortion reporting that would shed some light on the carnage of this largely unregulated industry," Carroll told LifeNews.com. "But it is clear that healthy women undergoing abortions are being subjected to dangerous and unnecessary risks that they otherwise would not face if they carried their babies to term."

Maltzer, who is the medical director of Pregnancy Consultation Center in Sacramento, is still performing abortions at some of the 12 Planned Parenthood facilities in the Los Angeles area, but is under investigation by the Medical Board of California. The board's spokeswoman did not provide details about the content of the probe.

Why Maltzer, whose practice is in Sacramento, was working in the Los Angeles abortion facility is not clear.

Schuler suggested the motive was financial.

"They get the clinics to do all the prep work, then they line the patients up in a cattle call," he said. "They never see the patient until just before surgery, and then spend five or six minutes with the patient and are on to the next one."

CPLC's Carroll said more oversight of abortion facilities is needed.

"The likelihood that Diana Lopez would be alive today if she had not walked into that Planned Parenthood Clinic is virtually a certainty," Carroll said.

 



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Woman Sues Planned Parenthood After Botched Abortion Requires Hysterectomy

by Steven Ertelt
www.LifeNews.com Editor
March 22, 2004

Billings, MT (www.LifeNews.com) -- A woman who required a hysterectomy following a botched abortion is suing a Montana Planned Parenthood and the abortion practitioner she never met who perforated her uterus.

Lorraine Thul went to Intermountain Planned Parenthood in Billings, Montana in May 2002 for an abortion supposedly needed because of complications associated with her pregnancy.

Thul says she never spoke with abortion practitioner David Healow before the abortion procedure started and he never inquired about the complications or similar ones Thul had in a prior pregnancy.

Thul's attorney John Doubek told LifeNews.com that she is quite upset about the abortion and felt pressured to have it. If she had it to do all over again, she wouldn't have had the abortion, Doubek said.

During the abortion, Thul says a nurse told Healow he was being "overzealous." After it was complete, Thul was released from the abortion business and went to a local hotel where she was staying. She was told to return two days later for a follow-up, according to the lawsuit.

But Thul says she was in intense pain following the abortion and by that evening and, according to the suit, had "tremendous cramping and bloating." The plain and bleeding were so severe she called Planned Parenthood for help.

Late that evening, a staff member at the abortion business performed an ultrasound on Thul and then notified Healow.

"They nicked her uterus and sent her home bleeding and then scratched their heads when she returned," Doubek said.

Healow informed Thul that the abortion perforated her uterus and that he did not tell her about it because he thought the tear was superficial. 

Fifteen minutes later, Healow called a local hospital's emergency room. At Deaconess Billings Clinic, Thul underwent emergency surgery to repair the damage the abortion caused. 

Doubek says doctors at the hospital had to makes ure the bleeding was stopped and allow the uterus to heal for a time to determine if it could be saved.

However, Thul required subsequent surgery, where doctors performed a hysterectomy because the uterus was not healing properly.

A media representative of Deaconess Billings Clinic couldn't provide further details on Thul's operations citing patient confidentiality.

According to the lawsuit, Thul says Healow failed to follow proper medical protocol by failing to inform her of the risks associated with the abortion procedure. Thul also says Healow should have told her that he is an anesthesiologist and not a surgeon.

"In any surgery there has to be informed consent -- here is what we're going to do and here are the complications associated with the procedure -- so their consent is a fully informed one," Doubek explained. "The surgeon should let her know who he is and what he is about."

In the mid 1990s, the Montana legislature put an informed consent law for abortion on the books, but it was struck down by the Montana Supreme Court. The high court said the law was unconstitutional because it violated a privacy provision in the state constitution.

Doubek told LifeNews.com that Thul never would have had the abortion had she known Healow was not a qualified surgeon. He said someone who doesn't have proper experience and training shouldn't be performing abortions.

Any abortion practitioner "ought to be familiar enough with the anatomy to not cut the uterus."

Stacy James, CEO of Intermountain Planned Parenthood, told LifeNews.com that the abortion business had been served with the lawsuit but that she would not comment because it is a "pending legal matter."

Thul is seeking damages for pain and suffering, $50,000 to cover current medical expenses and money to cover future medical bills.

 



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