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Politics : Evolution

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To: Greg or e who wrote (22734)3/12/2012 1:43:51 PM
From: Solon  Read Replies (1) of 69300
 
"Like I said I wasn't there so I don't know what the actual facts were."

People with your sort of syndrome tend to have that problem, all right! We must make sure to spoon feed you the news once an hour in the hope that you might "recall" a tiny bit of it! Selective stupidity is a difficult malady to overcome, as you have made very clear...

These good parents made their choice to abort early at 10 weeks in order to avoid the suffering that might occur. But the clinic made a horrible error and must cover some of the hurt...

krem.com

PORTLAND --

"...A Portland couple has been awarded almost $3 million in what's been called a 'wrongful birth' lawsuit, according to the attorney for the couple.

The Oregonian first reported that Deborah and Ariel Levy sued Legacy Health System after their daughter was born with Down syndrome despite a prenatal test indicating she didn't have the chromosomal abnormality.

On Friday, a jury awarded the couple $2.94 million.

"My clients had two children, this was a surprise pregnancy and they were doing like any responsible couple would do - trying to find out what the status of this pregnancy was," said their attorney, David Miller.

Because of markers indicating a risk of Down syndrome, "she repeatedly called the clinic and said 'Do I need to be concerned about this?' And was repeatedly advised no you don't because the CVS (Down syndrome) test was normal..."

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