{"id":27676,"date":"2013-02-20T22:57:43","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T03:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=27676"},"modified":"2013-02-21T15:55:49","modified_gmt":"2013-02-21T20:55:49","slug":"mother-sues-planned-parenthood-over-forced-botched-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/mother-sues-planned-parenthood-over-forced-botched-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother sues Planned Parenthood over forced, botched abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When Ayanna Byer scheduled an appointment at Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains to take an abortion pill to end her pregnancy, there was no way for her to foresee the horrors ahead of her.\u00a0 Earlier this month, Byer, through the assistance of the attorneys at Alliance Defending Freedom, brought a lawsuit<\/a> to hold Planned Parenthood liable for the botched abortion that she did not consent to.<\/p>\n

According to that complaint<\/a>, when Byer arrived at the Planned Parenthood clinic, it was determined that her pregnancy was too far along to be terminated through the use of a pill, therefore a surgical abortion was recommended. Ms. Byer agreed upon the condition that she would receive IV anesthesia, for which she would be charged extra.\u00a0 Although the employees could not get the IV started, the doctor came to start the procedure anyway.<\/p>\n

The complaint states<\/a>:<\/p>\n

At this time, Plaintiff immediately told the Planned Parenthood Doctor to stop and that she did not want to go through with the abortion procedure because she had not received any anesthetic.\u00a0 Plaintiff also informed Planned Parenthood Doctor and agents or employees of Planned Parenthood Defendants that she believed this to be a sign she should not go through with the abortion.\u00a0 The Planned Parenthood Doctor did not stop despite Plaintiff\u2019s request, and assured Plaintiff the I.V. would be administered and the procedure would only take a few minutes.<\/p>\n

At this time, the Planned Parenthood Doctor turned on the vacuum machines and told Plaintiff it was too late to stop.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Seven minutes later, due to Ms. Byer crying from pain, the procedure finally stopped. She received an apology and a prescription for a painkiller and antibiotics and was sent on her way. Planned Parenthood never followed up with her.<\/p>\n

About two days later, Ms. Byer went to the hospital due to pain and bleeding, where it was found that part of the aborted baby was still inside her, resulting in an infection. She had to have emergency surgery.<\/p>\n

Dr. Foley, who preformed Ms. Byer\u2019s emergency surgery, accused Planned Parenthood<\/a> of abandoning their patent:<\/p>\n

It is not acceptable to refer your patients to the emergency department and assume the on-call doctor will take care of any complications and assume all the risk associated with the complications.<\/p>\n

No practicing physician can maintain privileges to practice and perform surgery if they do not provide specific coverage for their patients in case of a complication.\u00a0 It is considered abandonment of your patient<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The complaint alleges<\/a> seven different claims for relief:<\/p>\n

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  1. Negligence \u2013 alleging that the abortion was negligently performed, causing pain, suffering, and medical expenses to Ms. Byer<\/li>\n
  2. Battery \u2013 alleging that the medical procedure without consent caused harm<\/li>\n
  3. Uninformed Consent \u2013 alleging that the procedure went on even though Ms. Byer did not consent to an abortion without anesthetics<\/li>\n
  4. False Imprisonment \u2013 alleging that Ms. Byer was kept against her will<\/li>\n
  5. Extreme and Outrageous Conduct Causing Emotional Distress \u2013 alleging that as a result of a botched surgical abortion that Ms. Byer did not want to have, Ms. Byer suffered from emotional distress<\/li>\n
  6. Breach of Fiduciary Duty \u2013 alleging that the doctor and clinic negligently performed the abortion, negligently stopped the abortion, and did not follow up with the client<\/li>\n
  7. Breach of Contract \u2013 alleging that Ms. Byer agreed only to a surgical abortion with anesthesia, and no anesthesia was given to her<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Michael Norton, senior counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom,\u00a0believes that taxpayer dollars should not be used<\/a>\u00a0to support this type of organization:<\/p>\n

    Is this the type of organization American taxpayers should be funding to the tune of $540 million per year?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Par for the course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":12381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nMother sues Planned Parenthood over forced, botched abortion - Live Action News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/mother-sues-planned-parenthood-over-forced-botched-abortion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mother sues Planned Parenthood over forced, botched abortion - Live Action News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Par for the course.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/mother-sues-planned-parenthood-over-forced-botched-abortion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Live Action News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-02-21T03:57:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-02-21T20:55:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/planned-parenthood-sign.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"165\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Heidi Miller\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@liveaction\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@liveaction\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Heidi Miller\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/mother-sues-planned-parenthood-over-forced-botched-abortion\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/mother-sues-planned-parenthood-over-forced-botched-abortion\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Heidi Miller\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/31ef29343a5c21e4507f76129f2497ae\"},\"headline\":\"Mother sues Planned Parenthood over forced, botched abortion\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-02-21T03:57:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-02-21T20:55:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/mother-sues-planned-parenthood-over-forced-botched-abortion\/\"},\"wordCount\":607,\"commentCount\":494,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Investigative\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/mother-sues-planned-parenthood-over-forced-botched-abortion\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/mother-sues-planned-parenthood-over-forced-botched-abortion\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/mother-sues-planned-parenthood-over-forced-botched-abortion\/\",\"name\":\"Mother sues Planned Parenthood over forced, botched abortion - 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