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June 25, 2007

Mother Blames Abortion Procedure For Daughter's Death

The mother of a woman who died after a Planned Parenthood abortion procedure has filed a lawsuit blaming malpractice for her daughter's toxic shock syndrome death, and says that Planned Parenthood wasn't aggressive enough in follow-up when her daughter failed to return for second half of the procedure. The coroner's office listed the causes of death as toxic shock syndrome, prolonged retention of laminaria cervical dilators and intrauterine pregnancy:

Aletheia Meloncon filed the Superior Court lawsuit this week, claiming her daughter Edrica Goode, 21, died Feb. 14 because cervical dilators used in advance of second-trimester abortions were left in too long.

Goode allegedly went to a Planned Parenthood clinic in Riverside for an abortion on Jan. 31 and a nurse inserted the dilators, which are usually left in overnight before an abortion.

The suit said Goode, who didn't return to the clinic to have the dilators removed, had an infection and the dilators became a conduit, spreading it throughout her body.

"My daughter made a choice, but she didn't choose to die," Meloncon said. "A lost dog gets more attention than my daughter did. This has really torn at my family."

Planned Parenthood mailed two letters to Goode stating the dilators needed to be taken out, but Meloncon said the family never received the letters. The woman said Planned Parenthood should have been more aggressive in contacting her daughter.

Posted by Richard at June 25, 2007 7:05 AM

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