Victim’s mother is suing Planned Parenthood for negligent care.
Riverside, CA — Planned Parenthood of San Diego and Riverside Counties is being sued by the mother of Edrica Goode, 21, who died as a result of an abortion on Valentine’s Day.
Goode had presented herself for an abortion at the Planned Parenthood office in Riverside on January 31, 2007, where she received laminaria dilators and gauze packing. Goode then became feverish and disoriented and did not report back to the abortion clinic for the removal of the dilators. Goode’s mother, Aletheia Meloncon, was unaware of the abortion. She described her daughter as having become “mentally unstable.” She took her to a Moreno Valley hospital where, due to a lack of knowledge about the abortion, proper treatment was delayed and she eventually died.
Meloncon insists that the family never received notification from Planned Parenthood that Goode needed to return to the clinic for the removal of the dilators.
“A lost dog gets more attention than my daughter did. This has really torn at my family,” Meloncon told the LA Times.
Meloncon’s attorney, Jack M. Schuler stated, “If it wasn’t for the negligent medical care that Edrica Goode received, she would be alive today.”
Goode’s death is the third known abortion-related death at a California Planned Parenthood in the last four years.
“The abortion cartel can pretend that abortion is safe, but the mounting body count says otherwise, and of course abortion is always fatal for the child,” said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. “We pray that the Riverside Planned Parenthood will close and those responsible for the tragic death of Edrica Goode will be required to pay the full penalty under the law.”
I’d like to see the court documents. Did she fail to get the laminaria removed because of mental confusion, or because she changed her mind about the abortion, or does anybody know?
I blogged on this, adding information from World Net Daily.
Why is the clinic being sued? There is a such thing of HIPPA. If the daughter was mentally unstable then where is the paperwork. I am sorry about the lost, however There are papers that must be signed stating onesw understanding of the procedures and preparations.
April, if she was in an unstable mental state at the time of the laminaria insertion, she was unable to consent to it and the insertion constitutes an assault. This puts the blame 100% on PP’s shoulders.
But my understanding, from reading several sources, is that the infection, once it entered Edrica’s uterus, caused disorientation and confusion rendering her unable to realize what was happening to her and thus unable to return to have the laminaria removed or to seek appropriate treatment. Edrica had a foul-smelling vaginal discharge that needed to be addressed prior to starting an abortion. That is the main reason PP is being sued.
mentally stable or not it seems to me that any patient should be filling out a form before the procedure ever begins that would include who to contact in case of emergency…and a missing patient with an incomplete procedure must be considered an emergency when someone’s life is at stake..oh but wait a minute abortion clinics forget about that every time!!!!
Once again, a PP abortion mill carelessly doing “choice” procedures…no preliminary exam, no proper paperwork, and the thing that really gets me, is that they MAILED her a notice to have the laminaria removed….uh…a little late for that.
Book the appointment, (2nd trimester…more money…), kill the baby, (oops…sorry, got mom, too…), and go on to the next one.
WHERE ARE ALL THE BLEEDING HEART FEMINISTS NOW?
Edrica was not the victim, her unborn child was. She died as the result of committing murder against her child. She made the decision to take the life of her child. Edrica called the abortion mill. She laid down on the table and allowed the laminaria to be inserted in her body. Her intention was the death of her child. She was caught in her own wicked devices, and will suffer the eternal consequences of her doings. Pro-lifer’s do such a disservice to the unborn when they refer to woman who willingly participate in the death of their children as “victims”.
From what I have read Ms. Goode had a vaginal infection. This should have been cultured and treated before any laminaria was inserted. Dialatating a cervix in the presenceof an infection is giving that infection access to the pregnant uterus, the perfect environment to breed more infection. That is why the cervix is closed and sealed, to keep the baby in and pathogens and foreign material out. I would suspect the laminaria itself provided some fertile breeding ground as well.
Ms. Goode was disoriented and sick when she arrived in the ER. A blood test confirmed her pregnancy. I understand that the ER didn’t do a pelvic exam because she was too confused to give consent. Confusion did render Ms. Goode legally incompetent. Excuse me, but ERs treat incompetent people all the time without their consent and have every legal right to do it. I’ve strapped down and forcibly pumped the stomach of more than one overdose patient. Ms. Goode might well be alive today if a pelvic exam had been done on her first visit to the ER.
It seems to me there is plenty of blame to go around here between the hospital and PP, but it is beyond my comprehension why the nurse practitioner at PP would ever insert laminaria into a patient with a vaginal infection.
Again…more proof that these mills only want money and a dead child, and if they lose the mother too, “oh well”…we got the money…BOTTOM LINE.
How many more women will die at these places (along with their children) before the public is made aware of the total incompetency of the people who work in there?
How long can the pro-aborts and the bleeding heart feminists continue to deny the dangers of abortion?
There will be countless more deaths like this until the public becomes fully aware that even though “legal”, abortion is no more “safe” than it was 100 years ago.
The feminists got what they wanted: abortion at any time, anywhere and for anyone. They suddenly vanish into thin air when a death occurs. The media hides it, and thus, the fallacy continues.
O’Reilly needs to jump on this one as well.
Stephanie, you have no idea what put Edrica on that abortion table. Was her boyfriend abusive and she was afraid of him? Was she raised in a “prochoice” environment where she had been taught that it was the “responsible” thing?
Only God knows what thought process she went through.
And she paid with her life for her bad judment. You can dance on her grave if you want to but I think that is pretty snarky. Not to mention unbiblical. We’re warned again and again not to gloat when somebody we don’t like suffers.
Mary, from what I can gather, there was no reason to do a pelvic exam because they had no clue that there was an obstetric reason for her symptoms. Do you do pelvic exams on ALL female patients? I think not.
Oh, and Stephanie — it could be that Edrica came to her senses after the laminaria insertion and was intending to get them removed and allow her baby to live.
Again, you have no idea what was going on in her head.
I agree Christina. We all bought into the lies at one time or another. Satan is the father of them. We don’t fight against people ,but the principalities of darkness. I am a sinner saved by Gods grace and am so thankful I didn’t receive what I deserved for my sins. Christ gave us all a way out, his grace abounded. We all earned death. I want to extend that same mercy to hurting, confused people.
Christina,
I counsel abortion bound mothers on a fairly regular basis. I have heard every imaginable ( and unimaginable) story “why” women kill their children. For the most part, these women are pre-meditated killers, and are fully aware that there is a living person growing inside of them. Those who have mid and late term abortions have usually had months to consider their actions. Most women willingly make a call to an abortion mill, most make preparations to have the abortion, taking time off of work, getting a “support person”, etc. ( this is clearly pre-meditation)There are the rare exceptions when a woman or young girl is coerced and threatned. And then you have someone innocent like Christina Gilbert. But overall, women who kill their offspring, do so of their own freewill. I will assert again, when pro-lifers make the woman the victim, we do a great disservice to the real victim; the baby.
I would hope that Edrica’s story would be a wake-up call to other abortion bound mothers. When you hire a hit man to kill your child, you may get caught in the crossfire.
Funny how life works….Woman goes into a clinic to kill her baby and ends up dying. Sorry to say it but….EYE FOR AN EYE! Sucks for her!! She paid for her stupidity with her life and now she can look her baby right in the eye in heaven and explain why she wanted to kill it.
OH…CHRISTINA….dont use the word “biblical”. No where in the bible does it say it is okay UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES (abusive boyfriend or not) to take a life. Clearly you know NOTHING about the bible so its pretty hypocritical of you to use the word “biblical”. There are several people and organization out there that can and will help women in situations like that so the baby can live. Get your facts straight.
Question……If Andrea Yates had died of a heart attack in the process of drowning her five children, I wonder how many pro-lifers would’ve run to her defense?
Natalie,
Edrica will never see her baby again. They each live at two different residences.
Christina,
She had a pregnancy blood test that was positive. That would have been reason for a pelvic exam
Wow! – Judge and Jury in one, well aren’t we all just so perfect. Stephanie H., if you councel abortion bound women what on earth is your motivation – you are so angry! I know I know the baby and yes that innocent life must be defended, but the mother needs to trully know the love (and I stress Love) of Jesus Christ. All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God – All. I agree with you Stephanie that these women are not victims but that awakening is going to take time and wise, godly wisdom to get them to that point and a lot of prayer. Jesus loves you Stephanie, receive it and pour it out on these women – only He can change them and that is the only way to save these precious babies.
in stead of talking mean lets face realites the medical field give us many false hopes for what we think will give us a better life we should be praying for the family and the one that was trick in beliving that a better life would come from an abortion we must make it known that abortions can hurt and kill us in many ways and we should never say that she and the family diserved what happen to them but we should be saying lets stop the abortionist from tricking and foolen young women to belive that a happy and good life could come from abortions when the fact is that god created womene to have children and play a wonderful role as mother the truth is that if a young women gets pregnant they should just have there children the fact is that are likkily to have children any in there life time so whats the different if its a little younger its better when your younger to have children because your children are likier to be healthier when your younger you have more energy to keep with taking care of your children and children grow fast it not a problem to really worry about so stop killing your child your killing part of you your mather your father your family if you dont what the child put it up for adotion it really works you know and theres nothing to be imberished about thell understand you but dont end up to be a victim in many ways dont listen to that doctor how whats to kill your baby dont listen to that in you that said i cant make it having a child not true your parents made it to have you god made you to have children not to kill them stop killing your children for your selfish ideas the same way that you what to live so those your baby that baby grows to a person just like your self killing your own child is worst in gods eyes than an army fighting each other because god hates some one that can kill some one close to them self god hates that kind of trader its discucting in gods eye and makes you look down at because our not making the world a place for gods present to dwell in this earth your destroying it for you for the future of others and for god your not following the rules of god if the world would just follow the rules of god none of this sad depressing things like abortion would exist in the world dont make your self end up decived children our good and gods plans for you and for this world so please dont have an abortion please belive the abortionist could not give a dam about you our your baby a our anyhting about you our your family dont put your self in the deciving hands of the devil which is the abortionists beliving the abortionist our the devils workers dont deal with the devil the devil will hurt you kill you dont miss with the devil he would kill you to if he could get you when your having an abortion dont have one and the devil cant have you are your child prayto god say this god cast the devil out of my life and awy from my child and to protect me and my child give god a try he loves you even do its hard to belive that he does go to church and ask them they will help you see openly and see what god requires of you and then see gods love just come non stop you will never leave him i promise gods love is so good he will never leave you .
“She had a pregnancy blood test that was positive. That would have been reason for a pelvic exam”
I agree. I think that the ER is liable too because they are required to do a “head-to-toe” assessment of the woman. In that assessment I’m sure puss and a truly foul smelling discharge would have been noticed even without a true pelvic exam.
Both PP and RCRMC’s ER (Riverside County) are accountable. The Nurse Practitioner should have been called to question and disciplined. The NP at the PP is Nancy Spooner and the CA Board of RNs shows absolutely NO disciplinary action against this nurse.
I’m going to contact the board about it.