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Originally Posted by valkyrie
What if instead of a botched abortion, this was a case where the doctor, say, amputated the wrong leg during surgery. Would the patient be entitled only to a refund of the cost of the surgery, or would there be additional damages based on the loss of the leg?
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I don't see how that's analogous to this case. The woman got herself pregnant, a "mistake" she made herself and wanted "fixed", in her eyes. The doctors failed to fix it for her. They didn't cause her any damage. Just as she was free to choose to abort, after the child was born she was free to choose placing the child with one of hundreds of families on waiting lists to adopt. Instead, she chose to raise her. Now she wants those who failed to fix her problem to be responsible for its existence and entire future? (For the record, I don't personally consider children to be problems).