HATHAWAY v. WORCESTER CITY HOSPITAL

Civ. A. No. 71-953.

341 F.Supp. 1385 (1972)

Robbie Mae HATHAWAY v. WORCESTER CITY HOSPITAL et al.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

April 6, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mel L. Greenberg, Teshoian, Greenberg & Drapos, Worcester, Mass., for plaintiff.

Bennett S. Gordon, Asst. City. Sol., Worcester, Mass., for defendants.

Roger P. Stokey, Goodwin, Proctor & Hoar, Boston, Mass., for amicus curiae.


OPINION

WYZANSKI, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiff is a married woman who has had numerous pregnancies and given birth to eight children who are now alive. She has high blood pressure, a hernia, and an obese condition which, in combination, make it dangerous to her life to have additional pregnancies. It is medically inadvisable for her to use pills, pessaries, diaphragms, coils or like devices to prevent birth. A condom, if used by her husband, might prove...

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