Couple Sues Over Botched Abortion That Led to Hysterectomy

12/8/15

A Nebraska couple has filed a lawsuit against a Colorado abortion business over an incomplete abortion that led to a hysterectomy, The Denver Post is reporting:

Jennifer and Jason DeBuhr of Auburn, Neb., have filed a lawsuit against Dr. Warren Hern and the Boulder Abortion Clinic seeking more then $75,000 damages, claiming the doctor left a piece of skull in her body. …

Jennifer DeBuhr was near the end of the second trimester when she learned through an MRI at Methodist Women’s Hospital in Elkhorn, Neb., that her baby had severe cerebral abnormalities and had a life expectancy of less than one year if he survived delivery. …

Following the Dec. 3, 2013, abortion, Hern told the DeBuhrs that all fetal tissue had been removed from her body even though the 4-centimeter bone was still inside her, the lawsuit says. …

Jennifer DeBuhr began to experience spotty bleeding in 2014. The skull fragment had become lodged in her uterus, the lawsuit says.

She suffered severe pain, mental distress and the removal of her uterus, it says. She lost her ability to conceive children and has a permanent injury.

The lawsuit also claims that the DeBuhrs were not warned of the risks before the abortion:

Neither Hern nor anyone in the clinic warned the DeBuhrs about the risks associated with the operation, the lawsuit says.

The doctor also failed to warn the couple about the risk that fetal tissue or bone would be left inside her body after the procedure, the lawsuit says.

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