Planned Parenthood May Face Family’s Lawsuit Over Abortion Death
The family of the woman Planned Parenthood
killed in a botched legal abortion
last week has retained an attorney in preparation for a civil lawsuit against the abortion business.
According to ABC News, the family of Tonya Reaves, the 24-year-old mother of one who died following a second trimester abortion, have sought legal counsel. Reaves died after hemorrhaging late Friday night and was taken by ambulance from the Chicago-area Planned Parenthood clinic to Northwestern Memorial Hospital at about 11:00 a.m. Friday and was pronounced dead about twelve hours later.
Corey Meyer, an attorney for the family,
told ABC, “We’re just trying to get all the facts from the incident and determine what the best course of action is. We’re still getting information.”
“Reaves experienced a complication during the procedure at the reproductive health clinic,” Meyer said, adding the family “is looking to determine whether the actions of Planned Parenthood or Northwestern Memorial contributed to her death.”
Reaves’ autopsy report will not be available for at least a month, the medical examiners said, according to ABC News, so there may be some time before the family knows whether they have a potential malpractice case. Her death, the medical examiner’s report says, occurred as a result of an abortion at a Planned Parenthood and was ruled an “accident.”
An examination determined that she died from hemorrhage following a Dilation and Evacuation abortion. The D&E abortion method is one employed in pregnancies that have advanced beyond the first trimester. In involves opening the cervix and removing the pre-born baby by dismembering him or her. The Loop Health Center Planned Parenthood advertises abortions up to 18 weeks
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