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Ms. Toad

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83. You can, but succeeding isn't straightforward.

Fri Oct 6, 2023, 10:17 PM

Oct 2023

It's like most any other voluntary legal relationship. Absent a contract, the relationship can be terminated by either party at any time. But if the reason for the termation is based on a protected class (here, gender), the termination is likely illegal. But you have to prove that is the basis for the termination.

There is a better case for suing based on the treatment (or non-treatment) before being dumped.

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A Woman Was Denied Medication for Being of 'Childbearing Age.' She Just Sued the Hospital [View all] sinkingfeeling Oct 2023 OP

DURec leftstreet Oct 2023 #1

Good for her, because that "policy" is just nuts Hekate Oct 2023 #2

And totally ridiculous since NY law strongly protects the reproductive rights wnylib Oct 2023 #77

Geez....They prescribe Accutane to women of childbearing age all the time LeftInTX Oct 2023 #3

I believe Accutane requires birth control pills for women AlexSFCA Oct 2023 #45

Yes, it does LeftInTX Oct 2023 #47

It required two forms of birth control when our daughter had it prescribed. phylny Oct 2023 #60

Same here. ShazzieB Oct 2023 #87

I'm curious if the "steady person" had been another woman what the reaction would have been? CrispyQ Oct 2023 #4

Unless we vote them out and leep voting them out forever. mahina Oct 2023 #53

good i hope she wins millions moonshinegnomie Oct 2023 #5

Oklahoma 1982. Delmette2.0 Oct 2023 #25

Times have changed. Elessar Zappa Oct 2023 #48

In 1976 it was done routinely just by asking. Different parts of the country were.....different. housecat Oct 2023 #55

1977 I had to shop around to find a doctor that would do my tubal csziggy Oct 2023 #58

Yikes !! Delmette2.0 Oct 2023 #59

Despite a tubal ligation procedure, an ex co-worker of mine got PG anyway! Backseat Driver Oct 2023 #57

My wife knew she would have a c-section for our 2nd child progressoid Oct 2023 #66

Wow, just wow. What is so disturbing is it is absolutely believable this is going on all over the MLAA Oct 2023 #6

And what's with the doctor saying she should bring her partner in... brush Oct 2023 #7

Sounds kind of pervy as well. TNNurse Oct 2023 #14

Yes. Certainly none of his business. brush Oct 2023 #20

Reminded me of "old" doctors KentuckyWoman Oct 2023 #21

for the last two decades, women only doctors as primary and could not be more happy LizBeth Oct 2023 #71

That was pretty creepy SouthernDem4ever Oct 2023 #23

Good republianmushroom Oct 2023 #8

Why sue the medical business - the state that enforced this should be sued-I stand corrected Stargazer99 Oct 2023 #9

what did the state enforce WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2023 #31

This was in NY, which has very strong, pro choice reproductive rights laws for women. wnylib Oct 2023 #78

I applaud her. TSExile Oct 2023 #10

I'm a 65-year-old woman with three children phylny Oct 2023 #62

I'm sorry... TSExile Oct 2023 #63

Thanks! phylny Oct 2023 #64

I can see this happening in an anti-abortion state, but not NY SpankMe Oct 2023 #11

Dr a right winger Rebl2 Oct 2023 #13

+ agree. n/t iluvtennis Oct 2023 #15

This is where I live LoveMyCali Oct 2023 #24

"I wonder why a doc would be so cautious about this?" WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2023 #32

Yep. As a woman, I find this INFURIATING!!! calimary Oct 2023 #37

when I got a vasectomy Darwins_Retriever Oct 2023 #49

I wonder whose approval they would have needed Farmer-Rick Oct 2023 #52

I was in my late thirties when i asked... druidity33 Oct 2023 #68

Wow, that's so controlling Farmer-Rick Oct 2023 #69

nu uh, though i have heard lots on the other side, not once heard this. LizBeth Oct 2023 #73

my husband did not. went in got it easy peasy LizBeth Oct 2023 #72

Because doctors have been sued and lost Darwins_Retriever Oct 2023 #46

So they arbitrarily get to deny? Are you serious? vanlassie Oct 2023 #50

They can dump you. If she's been dumped and think she might have been, it will be interesting. LeftInTX Oct 2023 #79

Oh FFS ExWhoDoesntCare Oct 2023 #38

Jezus. That's awful. progressoid Oct 2023 #67

I wouldn't have wanted that doc to lay a finger on me, much less a scalpel Hekate Oct 2023 #81

The result of the Supreme Court legalizing not doing your job because of religious objections Lonestarblue Oct 2023 #12

Agnostic isn't a religious/belief position ExWhoDoesntCare Oct 2023 #41

How Does Your Post... ProfessorGAC Oct 2023 #56

+1 for the Professor Attilatheblond Oct 2023 #85

I'm surprised because this is our local hospital nuxvomica Oct 2023 #16

I am really starting for fear for all of us. This could happen to many of us!! damn riversedge Oct 2023 #17

Sounds like her visit to her doctor was not private bucolic_frolic Oct 2023 #18

My childfree friends have told similar stories about being refused (or counseled against) procedures AZSkiffyGeek Oct 2023 #19

My mother, born in 1920, told me about marybourg Oct 2023 #22

the patient? ahlnord Oct 2023 #26

There are 7 additional paragraphs. LiberalFighter Oct 2023 #27

Thanks. I could not view those on my phone. Don't know why. sinkingfeeling Oct 2023 #34

That is so awful. Kath2 Oct 2023 #28

This part is disturbing too. LiberalFighter Oct 2023 #29

Welcome to Gilead if..fish..had..wings Oct 2023 #30

In order to save the hypothetical baby . . . John1956PA Oct 2023 #33

"...could cause birth defects to a hypothetical fetus." dchill Oct 2023 #36

Sounds more like a cluster f*ck. This doc had an agenda & it wasn't treating headaches Joinfortmill Oct 2023 #35

This message was self-deleted by its author maliaSmith Oct 2023 #39

I hope she gets so much money that place goes out of business ZonkerHarris Oct 2023 #40

She's got a decent case to sue for medical neglect Warpy Oct 2023 #42

She also has Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome LeftInTX Oct 2023 #51

Like 1960. That doctor was way out of line Iris Oct 2023 #43

Is Albany Medical Health Partners affiliated with the Catholic church? Boomerproud Oct 2023 #44

du rec AllaN01Bear Oct 2023 #54

They don't give a shit about women. Not one shit. flying_wahini Oct 2023 #61

OMG, poor woman. Cluster headaches are AGONIZINGLY painful... n/t TygrBright Oct 2023 #65

She should also sue the so called doctor and every entity involved JanMichael Oct 2023 #70

Kick 🦵 Demovictory9 Oct 2023 #74

I take it she's never had an X-ray, MRI, CT scan, or anesthesia . . . Ms. Toad Oct 2023 #75

I think she's been dumped. I've been told you can't sue if you've been dumped. LeftInTX Oct 2023 #80

You can, but succeeding isn't straightforward. Ms. Toad Oct 2023 #83

I was dumped when I was pregnant, because I was pregnant and considered "at risk" due to having LeftInTX Oct 2023 #86

At risk for other reasons is a non-discriminatory reason. Ms. Toad Oct 2023 #88

Hospitals hate it when the cash flow isn't in their direction. Aussie105 Oct 2023 #76

The doctor should be named budkin Oct 2023 #82

There needs to be a penalty. Snackshack Oct 2023 #84