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Ala. court: doctors can be sued in fetus' deathMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that a group of DeKalb County doctors can be sued for causing the death of an unborn child. The court overruled a lower court ruling that found the fetus was not viable. The ruling, released Friday and written by Justice Tom Parker, noted that Alabama and some other states have laws allowing a person to be charged in the death of a fetus. It also noted a previous ruling of the court found that the fetus is a separate entity and not just a part of the woman's body. The ruling came in Amy Hamilton's suit against Isbell Medical Group. In a concurring opinion, Parker wrote that the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision allowing abortions, does not conflict with Friday's decision. |
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