Mom of 9 cries foul

[formerlurker]

Mom of 9 cries foul
Claim: I was sterilized against my will
By Jessica Fargen  |   Sunday, January 3, 2010  |  http://www.bostonherald.com  |  Local Coverage


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A 35-year-old mother of nine is suing a Springfield hospital, three doctors and two nurses, claiming they permanently sterilized her against her will, violating her reproductive rights, according to a lawsuit filed in Superior Court.

Tessa Savicki, who has nine children aged 3 to 21, claims doctors were supposed to implant an intrauterine device, which is a type of reversible birth control, after she delivered a son, Manuel Flores, on Dec. 19, 2006, at Baystate Medical Center.

Instead, she said, a type of permanent sterilization known as a tubal ligation was performed, leaving her mentally distraught and incapable of bearing more children.

This is the second time Savicki has sued over reproductive issues. In 2001, she reached a settlement with CVS and a spermacide company after she became pregnant with her now 12-year-old daughter after claiming she bought and used an expired spermacide, according to federal court documents.

Savicki has nine children from several men, is unemployed and relies on public assistance for two of the four children who live with her. She receives supplemental security income, or SSI, for a disability, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, she said. Her mother has custody of three of her children. Two of her children are no longer minors.

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You honestly can't make this stuff up if you wanted to.

[JohnnyReb]

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You honestly can't make this stuff up if you wanted to.

Let me guess...she votes democrat......several times.

[SVPete]

Savicki has nine children from several men, is unemployed and relies on public assistance for two of the four children who live with her. She receives supplemental security income, or SSI, for a disability, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, she said. Her mother has custody of three of her children. Two of her children are no longer minors.

I'd like to be sympathetic for her non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, but her history of irresponsibility and system-manipulation leaves me wondering if the nHl might be bogus, a way to milk the system.