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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A civil case against an Albuquerque hospital and doctor is moving forward Monday. A woman is claiming that malpractice resulted in an unwanted abortion. According to the Santa Fe New Mexican, in 2011 Marlina Romero went to Lovelace Medical Center to treat a sharp pain she was feeling. The doctor said she was pregnant but needed surgery and was given medicine with a risk of birth defects. Romero claims she was then told she needed an abortion. The Court of Appeals ruled the case could not be heard because of the time Romero waited to file...

Hospital Pays Damages to Mother for Performing Unwanted Abortion By Elizabeth O'Brien HARLOW, United Kingdom, July 31, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A National Health Service hospital trust has apologized and paid £27,500 to a mother for performing an abortion on her fourth child without full informed consent. 40-year old Teresa Cooper developed bleeding and nausea early in her pregnancy, the Guardian Unlimited reports. She took medication, but was frightened that the drugs might have harmed the baby and registered for an abortion at the Princess Alexandra hospital in Harlow, Essex. Before the day of the abortion, however, Cooper watched a pro-life...