{"id":159709,"date":"2017-01-05T17:49:38","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T22:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=159709"},"modified":"2017-01-12T02:15:21","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T07:15:21","slug":"alabama-supreme-court-rules-favor-protections-preborn-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/alabama-supreme-court-rules-favor-protections-preborn-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama Supreme Court rules in favor of protections for preborn children"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Alabama Supreme Court unanimously ruled last Friday in favor of preborn lives in Stinnett v. Kennedy<\/em>; a lawsuit which involved Alabama resident Kimberly Stinnett. The Alabama Supreme Court ruled that the case could be remanded for further proceedings.<\/p>\n

In November 2012, Ms. Stinnett sued Karla Kennedy, M.D., and Kennedy’s employer Women’s Care Specialist claiming damages for the wrongful death of her preborn child, who had not yet reached viability. According to the case summary found on Alabama Appellate Watch<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Stinnett alleged that Dr. Kennedy committed medical negligence when she performed the D & C and administered methotrexate. Stinnett contended that the D & C should not have been performed and the methotrexate not administered, given that her pregnancy was not ectopic and that those procedures violated the applicable standard of care and proximately caused “the loss,” or termination, of her pregnancy, as well as causing her severe physical pain, mental anguish, and post-traumatic stress disorder.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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