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Woman sues for being born
Telegraph UK ^ | November 11, 2005

Posted on 11/12/2005 5:28:49 AM PST by NYer

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To: NYer
Lawyers said that if her mother, Olga Harriton, had known of the extent of the disabilities, she would have had an abortion.

I doubt very much that she would have "known" the extent of the disabilites while she was still pregnant. All the doctor could have done, if in fact he knew the mother had rubella, is advise her on the POSSIBILITY of it deform her yet unborn child. There is no absolute certainty that any disability would have been the case.

The question is, would the mother have aborted her child without any certainty at all that the child was harmed? You cannot use the knowledge you have today to make the decision then. Case dismissed for defendent.

41 posted on 11/12/2005 6:37:49 AM PST by Alas Babylon!
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To: NYer
I think I'm missing something?!?

If this woman is sooooo unhappy for being born, but is capable of suing, then she's capable of committing suicide - problem solved.

42 posted on 11/12/2005 6:53:47 AM PST by Condor51 (Leftists are moral and intellectual parasites - Standing Wolf)
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To: tob2
"..... God is full of grace in all situations....." That's very true but not everyone is a Helen Keller.

And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness" (2 Cor. 12:9).
It just seems to me that it's a matter of faith, one must not be an extraordinary person to "qualify" for God's grace.

43 posted on 11/12/2005 7:01:08 AM PST by Former Fetus (fetuses are 100% pro-life, they just don't vote yet!)
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To: CarrotAndStick
Nobody's birth was by his/her own choice. And never will be.

Exactly so.

I know some people who are deaf, mute, blind, and mentally and physically inpaired. I also learned to communicate with them. None of them wish they were born dead. In fact, of the thousands of mentally limited people I know I can not think of one who is adament about wishing to have never been born by virtue of their disability.

I have known lawyers who filed lawsuits on behalf of orphaned people who, presumably, do not have the ability to make choices for themselves. Their claims are always high sounding moral nonsense.

This is one more slander against people with disabilities. I wish these lawyers and their money grubbing pity parties were aborted.

Do we need tort reform or what?

44 posted on 11/12/2005 7:01:34 AM PST by Louis Foxwell (THIS IS WAR AND I MEAN TO WIN IT.)
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To: Kozak; NYer; Victoria Delsoul; Northern Yankee
Wrong. "We" are here for the money.

I think "we" are here for someone else too.

Pure evil.

45 posted on 11/12/2005 7:15:33 AM PST by kstewskis (Happy Veteran's Weekend!)
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To: NYer

How do these things ever get to court? What is there to discuss or "discover" in court at this point? ARGH!!


46 posted on 11/12/2005 7:16:39 AM PST by AmericanChef
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To: NYer

The solution is simple. Abort her now.


47 posted on 11/12/2005 7:17:07 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: NYer

My solution?

1. Dismiss the case.
2. Send the woman to a state asylum.
3. Kill her lawyer.


48 posted on 11/12/2005 7:17:11 AM PST by WorkingClassFilth (The problem with being a 'big tent' Party is that the clowns are seated with the paying customers.)
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To: NYer; floriduh voter; cyn; 8mmMauser

How sad! God's grace is available to all!


49 posted on 11/12/2005 7:18:34 AM PST by tutstar (OurFlorida.true.ws)
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To: NYer

I remember Johnny Carson saying that his son told him he didn't ask to be born. To which Carson replied, "If you had, the answer would have been 'No'."


50 posted on 11/12/2005 7:21:34 AM PST by Mr Ducklips
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To: NYer
It would seem suicide would've been more appropriate than a lawsuit. Of course then the payoff is not quite as high!
51 posted on 11/12/2005 7:30:02 AM PST by newzjunkey ((Taglines on a brief hiatus.))
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To: NYer
Image hosted by Photobucket.com listen stooopid... we can give you a Retro-Abortion, would you like that??? i bet that would shut her silly fat cow ass up...
52 posted on 11/12/2005 7:34:18 AM PST by Chode (American Hedonist ©®)
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To: NYer
Remember that story a few years ago about the lesbian deaf couple purposely trying to conceive a deaf child?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/661958/posts

So would liberals approve of aborting that child?

Or if a gay child sued gay parents for allowing it to be born gay?

Or worse yet, liberal.

53 posted on 11/12/2005 7:49:59 AM PST by impatient
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To: impatient

"...Remember that story a few years ago about the lesbian deaf couple purposely trying to conceive a deaf child?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/661958/posts..."


That story is sick! Are they going to "make" her a lesbian too?


54 posted on 11/12/2005 7:56:29 AM PST by Nihil Obstat
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To: Nihil Obstat
Sorry to have inflicted that story on you if you hadn't already heard about it. I know it's something I'd wish I never heard of.

I googled for an update on it, maybe a glimmer of hope, but couldn't find anything.

I suppose Providence will deal justice in His own time.

55 posted on 11/12/2005 8:13:28 AM PST by impatient
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To: tlRCta; RKBA Democrat; fedupjohn; Warthogtjm; markomalley; lneuser; Coleus; ArrogantBustard; ...

Please FReepmail me if you'd like to be added to or removed from the KofC ping list.

56 posted on 11/12/2005 2:07:35 PM PST by AlaninSA (It's ONE NATION UNDER GOD...brought to you by the Knights of Columbus)
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To: AlaninSA

(I pinged you earlier because of post #8 which was removed. It was about a KofC hall in NY that was trying to help a young girl needing surgery.)


57 posted on 11/12/2005 2:13:48 PM PST by Nihil Obstat
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To: Northern Yankee; kstewskis; NYer
Lawyers said that if her mother, Olga Harriton, had known of the extent of the disabilities, she would have had an abortion.

And after 24 years she is determined to abort her child. Better late than never.

"We are here for Alexia, for justice," Mrs Harriton said. "That's all it is."

She figures that for 24 years a wrongdoing has been done to her. This poor mother has suffered the consequence of looking after a deaf, blind and physically and mentally disabled girl, who needs round-the-clock care and has wasted 24 years of her life when she would've been better off dead.

Just when on earth did a blind, deaf, physically and mentally disabled girl decide to sue the obstetrician?

This title is deceiving. It should read: Mother sues Doctor for allowing daughter to be born.

59 posted on 11/12/2005 4:29:31 PM PST by Victoria Delsoul
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To: Northern Yankee

Thanks for sharing this with us, Jay.


60 posted on 11/12/2005 4:34:50 PM PST by Victoria Delsoul
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