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Woman with spina bifida sues mom’s doctor
for millions, says she never should have
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Posted By: Lets Go Brandon, 11/26/2021 9:07:11 AM

An English woman with spina bifida is suing her mother’s former doctor for millions of dollars in health care costs and damages claiming that she should never have been born. Evie Toombes, a 20-year-old equestrian show jumper from Lincolnshire, is suing her mother’s general practitioner, Dr. Philip Mitchell, for “wrongful conception” after he allegedly failed to advise her mother to take folic acid supplements before getting pregnant that she claims resulted in her birth defect, according to The Telegraph. Toombes was diagnosed with lipomyelomeningocele after her birth in November 2001, a neural tube defect to the spine.

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At least there's one bright spot to this story. This type of insanity isn't just limited to the U.S. We've got plenty of company.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Jesuslover54 11/26/2021 9:29:12 AM (No. 989298)
He should counter-offer with a very late term pregnancy termination. Just come to my office on Monday morning and we'll take care of it.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: seamusm 11/26/2021 9:30:26 AM (No. 989299)
Generally, suits alleging 'wrongful life', have been denied by the courts. Modern jurists have trended away from that position but then modern judges have permitted trials for foolish claptrap almost reoutinely now under the guise that 'everyone is entitled to their day in court'. If the doctor had missed some available therapy which could have prevented the birth defect then he would possibly be liable but since only death is available to 'prevent' spina bifida once discovered in utero I hope the judge does the right thing.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: AltaD 11/26/2021 9:42:54 AM (No. 989312)
Doesn't the UK's beloved NHS cover the cost of her care?
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Reply 4 - Posted by: halfnorsk 11/26/2021 9:49:03 AM (No. 989320)
Help me understand this: She doesn’t want to be alive—but give her a $100 million and she’ll change her mind?
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Gnana1 11/26/2021 9:56:59 AM (No. 989330)
This young lady should just shut up. I do not feel sorry for her or for her mother. 20 yrs ago all women who became were aware of the need for folic acid. It is the women of my generation who did not know. Once it became known what caused spinabifada women were advise to take folic acid...or at least prenatal vitamins. IF that mother did not do so, let the mother and daughter settle up. But I am appalled at a 20 yr old being so callus and ungrateful for her 1) life and 2) being about the jump horse. What the heck is wrong with her. If she is disgusted with life....leave. What a spoiled brat. I hold contempt for her and anyone who is pushing this crap.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: udanja99 11/26/2021 9:58:33 AM (No. 989331)
Honey, you can take care of this yourself. If you really don’t want to be alive.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: MickTurn 11/26/2021 10:08:34 AM (No. 989354)
No problem, report to the extermination chamber for your late term abortion.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: czechlist 11/26/2021 10:41:56 AM (No. 989404)
this is just a case of some lawyer using the young lady in an attempt to set precedent. The young lady has nithing to lose and gets her 15 minutes if fane and the lawyer sees a large monetary reward (he'll get a karge %) and the possibility of a lucrative practice filing such suits. My dad commented decades ago that we have too many lawyers and that's why tge "chase ambulances" and I have commented many times that our legislatures are mostly lawyers which write ambiguous laws which create business opportunities for their lawyer children. A self propagating system.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: LC Chihuahua 11/26/2021 10:51:38 AM (No. 989425)
Let me guess: British socialized medicine does not want to pick up her tab. What a surprise. Actually, a lot of that going around.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: LC Chihuahua 11/26/2021 10:53:47 AM (No. 989428)
Really wish I could edit my replies... She says she should never have been born, but can do equestrian? A wee bit over dramatic are we?
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Reply 11 - Posted by: ChattyCatsSusan 11/26/2021 11:17:00 AM (No. 989455)
She is a competitive show jumper riding horses, and she is trying to blame her mom's doctor for something that he really had no control over? I would have thought that being a competitive show jumper would be excruciating on her back with that condition. Shame on that solicitor for taking her case. But then, the business of anything horse related is expensive. No wonder she is hoping for a windfall.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: DVC 11/26/2021 11:22:55 AM (No. 989463)
Hateful people do hateful things, like blaming someone decades later for something that that person didn't do. In any sane society, this would be tossed out of court permanently at the lowest, and earliest level.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: Lazyman 11/26/2021 11:23:17 AM (No. 989465)
When my sister was a kid she wisecracked to Mom,"I didn't ask to be born." My Mom, who is still with it at 93, never missed a beat, "neither did I."
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Reply 14 - Posted by: dst4life 11/26/2021 11:36:38 AM (No. 989485)
Just one more indication that the "right to die" evolves into a "duty to die."
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Reply 15 - Posted by: skacmar 11/26/2021 12:30:02 PM (No. 989544)
If she could ask any of the millions of aborted babies what they wish their mothers had done, I bet they all would gladly trade places with her.
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Reply 16 - Posted by: Birddog 11/26/2021 12:35:28 PM (No. 989552)
Psst Honey, you can still choose "Abortion" for yourself, even at this late date. Medical costs do not seem to be that much of a burden if you can afford to be a Show Jumper, perhaps THE most expensive hobby. Also: No MENTION of a Father here...
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Reply 17 - Posted by: heartsurgeon 11/26/2021 4:01:36 PM (No. 989703)
Confusing "claim". Lipomyelomeningocele appears fundamentally different from that of other neural tube defects, as it is not reduced in incidence by folic acid supplementation. But what do I know...
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Reply 18 - Posted by: judy 11/26/2021 11:18:50 PM (No. 989969)
Will she sue the birth control manufacturers for not offering birth control?
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Reply 19 - Posted by: mifla 11/27/2021 5:42:54 AM (No. 990059)
While you are at it, sue your Mom for not researching prenatal care before your birth. Obvious case of negligence.
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