[sono]

Florida Right to Life says, "now we're holding doctors responsible to deliver a perfect baby"

Under what rock have these guys been hiding? Obstetricians have been held responsible for less than "perfect babies" for over 30 yrs. Despite ample evidence that cerebral palsy is by and large the result of prenatal factors, the John Edwards' of the world continue to convince American juries to award tens of millions of dollars in damages for these outcomes. I laugh when I see politicians wondering why Healthcare costs are stratospheric, as I see doctors ordering tests, performing procedures, obtaining consults to make the medical record look good in the event of a lawsuit. Stop the insanity!

[ran20]

One problem is 75% of the people in congress are lawyers. Including it seems virtually all of the top people. Guiliani, Fred, Hillary, Obama, Edwards all lawyers. Even Romney has a law degree, although he didn’t make his money in that field. And even Duncan Hunter is a lawyer, which surprised me(hey we can say we know an honest lawyer).

Well long story short its very difficult to convince anyone that members of their profession should make less money. I’ve heard doctors making half a million a year crying that they are under paid, and comparing themselves to wealthy lawyers and successful wallstreet pros as evidence that they chose the wrong profession.

[Iwo Jima]

The are many reasons to despise John Edwards but his representation in cerebral palsy cases is not one of them.

As a medical malpractice defense attorney, I defended CP cases. We NEVER took the position that CP cannot be caused as a result of birth asphyxia/hypoxia.

My last expert in a CP case was the top pediatric neurologist in Houston. He agreed, as anyone would have to, that CP can be caused during birth, but that the facts of that case pointed to damage done in utero before labor began.

Anyone that says CP cannot be the result of events during birth is just plain ignorant.