wrongful birth

sigh.

Boston woman sues over botched abortion
A Boston woman who underwent an abortion in 2004 and then gave birth months later is suing the doctor who performed it for damages and child-rearing expenses.

Jennifer Raper, 45, had the abortion performed through Planned Parenthood associate Dr. Allison Bryant on April 9, 2004, and the lawsuit alleges it "was not done properly, causing the plaintiff to remain pregnant," the Boston Globe reported Wednesday.


Bryant then told Raper to see her family physician, and on July 16, Dr. Benjamin Eleonu told Raper her uterus appeared normal.


On Dec. 7, Raper gave birth to a daughter at the New England Medical Center.


Raper said in her malpractice suit she decided to have an abortion for financial reasons.


Both doctors and Planned Parenthood are named in the so-called wrongful birth suit, and none of them responded to questions from the Globe, the report said.