A December 2002 court case summary published in OBG MANAGEMENT revealed that laminaria was left inside a woman who had an abortion eight years prior. The case from the Westchester County (NY) Supreme Court, accused a doctor working for the abortion clinic of inserting the laminaria into her uterus rather than her cervix causing her to be in pain for years. From the report: A 19-year-old female presented to a womanÂ’s center for an abortion. On the first day of the 2-day procedure, the physician inserted 3 laminaria into the patientÂ’s vagina in order to stretch the cervix. The following...