Spanish doctor ordered to pay for upkeep of child after failed abortion...! [View all]
Court in Palma de Mallorca tells medic to pay £800 a month for 25 years, and lump sum of £120,000, to mother of boy
An expectant mother having an ultrasound scan at five months pregnant. The mother of the child born in Palma de Mallorca had a scan which she was wrongly told showed the abortion had been a success.
A Spanish doctor has been ordered to pay for the upkeep of a child after a failed abortion operation meant the boy's mother was obliged to see her pregnancy through to the end.
In a unique case, a court in Palma de Mallorca ordered the unnamed doctor to pay almost €1,000 (£800) a month in maintenance for the child until he reaches his 25th birthday.
"There has never been a case like this before in Spain," said Eva Munar, lawyer for the 24-year-old mother.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/25/spain-doctor-failed-abortion?CMP=twt_fd
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