Posted on 06/20/2007 9:49:06 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
The mother of a Riverside woman who died of toxic shock syndrome after allegedly undergoing an abortion procedure at Planned Parenthood filed a malpractice suit against the charity and a Riverside hospital this week.
The lawsuit alleges that Edrica Goode, 21, went to a Planned Parenthood clinic in Riverside for an abortion on Jan. 31 and that a nurse inserted cervical dilators, meant to prepare patients for the abortion process, despite the fact that Goode had a vaginal infection.
The dilators, which are shaped like small sticks and consist primarily of seaweed, became a conduit that spread the infection to the rest of her body, the lawsuit alleges.
Goode, a Riverside Community College student and who enjoyed traveling and reading, died on Feb. 14.
"My daughter made a choice, but she didn't choose to die," said Aletheia Meloncon, Goode's mother, who said her daughter hadn't told her that she was seeking an abortion. "A lost dog gets more attention than my daughter did. This has really torn at my family."
Goode did not return to the clinic to have the dilators removed, even though the devices are only supposed to stay in place for one or two days, the lawsuit states.
According to Goode's patient profile at Planned Parenthood, which is in her mother's possession, Planned Parenthood mailed two letters to Goode stating the dilators needed to be taken out.
But Meloncon said the family never received the letters. She also contends that Planned Parenthood should have taken more aggressive steps to contact her daughter.
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How about she made a choice to kill ?
Charity? Premeditated Butcherhood is a charity???
The mother says the woman made a choice “but she didn’t choose to die”. Bot much different than most of PP’s victims. They didn’t choose to die either.
That was my first thought. Calling Planned Parenthood a charity is like calling Al Qaida a Christian outreach ministry.
Two lives lost for the price of one.
Sorry, I’m supposed to have sympathy for someone right?
Sympathy that she wanted to end a life? Or sympathy because she’s an idiot? Am I supposed to have sympathy for planned parenthood, a fake charity that makes millions off killing the unborn and merchandising this act? Who am I supposed to feel sorry for?
This is a tragic case, but it seems to me that Ms. Goode contributed greatly to her own demise. She was supposed to follow up and have the seaweed removed and she failed to do so for whatever reason. As an adult, she should have been more responsible- then again she wouldn’t have “needed” the abortion if she had been.
It’s just Planned Parenthood “improving the race” once more, just as their founding principles dictate.
i wouldn’t know where to start...
HUH?!?! Haven't they heard of the telephone?!?!?! Even a carrier pigeon could have sent a message faster! I hope the family taken them for every dime (it'll save other babies)!
The dilators, which are shaped like small sticks and consist primarily of seaweed, became a conduit that spread the infection to the rest of her body, the lawsuit alleges.
Apparently not a first trimester abortion. I don't believe that cervical dilators are needed in the first couple of months.
This woman was 21--old enough to pay attention to doctor's instructions. So the clinic--not a CHARITY UGH--was supposed to chase her down?
You sound like you are blaming for not following the procedure properly .
No one dragged this young woman into an abortion clinic and forced her to have it. She chose to kill her baby and then chose not to protect her own health. Why should her mother get rich off of her irresponsible child who died trying to kill her own child?
The ironic result of a “Woman’s Right To Choose”
I am tempted to say poetic justice but I think it will be inappropriate, so I will not.
Same thoughts I had.
It is sad another Innocent Unborn ife is taken again by PP
Seaweed sticks that they leave after having murdered and emptied the content of the womb? Sounds more like witch doctor than medicine.
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