Negligence in many forms may result
in the death of a fetus and resulting liability for the death on the part of those whose negligence was a cause of the death.
If the negligence of a doctor or other medical personnel during a woman's pregnancy, labor, and / or delivery results
in the death of the fetus she was carrying, the medical personnel involved as well as the hospital that employs them may be held liable for the death of the fetus if the negligence is found to have been a cause of the fetus's death.
Negligent medical care during a woman's pregnancy can result
in the death of her fetus or the subsequent birth injury to her child.
Not exact matches
With respect, that you see removing a non-sentient embryo /
fetus as comparable to the drowning / hacking to
death of sentient children / infants suggests a lack
of reasonable empathy (perhaps you don't have children and have never felt the helplessness
in watching them suffer through pain?).
In 21:22 - 25 it addresses the impact
of accidental
death of a «
fetus».
You know, if you give a
fetus the right to life, you're basically enslaving the woman
in whose body that
fetus is growing, and if she harms the
fetus at all, or ends up miscarrying it, birthing it prematurely, or ends up with a stillborn baby, she'll be charged with the
death of that
fetus.
But McCartney's argument all comes down to feelings — which is a real problem
in our society — that is, infanticide is wrong and abortion isn't becuase a mother will feel the
death of a newborn more grievously than a miscarriage
of a
fetus.
This study, a cohort study
of severe morbidity and mortality
of term
fetuses or neonates, called ATNICID (Admission
of Term Neonates to Intensive Care or Intrauterine
Death), was begun
in 2007 with the express intent
of examining the relationship between the organization
of the Dutch maternity care system and the high rate
of perinatal mortality.
Deaths in low risk pregnancy as a result
of hospital routine: Inductions with prostaglandin and Pitocin, epidurals, rupturing membranes, forceps and anesthesia have been documented to cause rare but serious complications including
death or near
death of the
fetus.
When this 20 % risk
of death is compared to the 0.02 % rate
of cord prolapse during labor at homebirth that might have a better outcome if it happened
in hospital, this means that a low risk woman has a 1000 times higher chance
of having a life threatening complication either to her life or her
fetus / newborns life at planned hospital birth, than if she plans to have an attended homebirth with a well - trained practitioner.
In none of the intrapartum asphyxial deaths was the fetus alive on arrival in hospital (table 3
In none
of the intrapartum asphyxial
deaths was the
fetus alive on arrival
in hospital (table 3
in hospital (table 3).
In developed countries stillbirth — or death of a fetus after 20 weeks of gestation — occurs in HELLP syndrome in 51 out of every 1000 pregnancies, a rate that, according to the Preeclampsia Foundation, is higher than in severe preeclampsia and eclampsia (when preeclampsia progresses to cause seizures
In developed countries stillbirth — or
death of a
fetus after 20 weeks
of gestation — occurs
in HELLP syndrome in 51 out of every 1000 pregnancies, a rate that, according to the Preeclampsia Foundation, is higher than in severe preeclampsia and eclampsia (when preeclampsia progresses to cause seizures
in HELLP syndrome
in 51 out of every 1000 pregnancies, a rate that, according to the Preeclampsia Foundation, is higher than in severe preeclampsia and eclampsia (when preeclampsia progresses to cause seizures
in 51 out
of every 1000 pregnancies, a rate that, according to the Preeclampsia Foundation, is higher than
in severe preeclampsia and eclampsia (when preeclampsia progresses to cause seizures
in severe preeclampsia and eclampsia (when preeclampsia progresses to cause seizures).
Women over 35 are more inclined to have a longer labor period, which could potentially result
in death of the mother or
fetus.
As intrapartum
death and delivery related neonatal
death are very uncommon after an elective caesarean delivery
in the event
of a term
fetus without congenital anomalies, we excluded elective caesarean sections from the denominator for intrapartum and delivery related neonatal
death.
We defined antepartum stillbirth as a
death of a
fetus after 37 weeks» gestation before the onset
of labour and intrapartum stillbirth as a stillbirth
in which intrauterine fetal
death occurred after the onset
of labour but before birth.
By the late 1970s, a woman arriving on the labor and delivery floor
of a U.S. tertiary care hospital with a nonmalformed, living, singleton
fetus at term had a risk
of intrapartum fetal
death of 1
in 1000.1 At that time the U.S. cesarean delivery rate was approaching 15 %.2 Since then, the rate
of cesarean sections has more than doubled, 3 but the intrapartum fetal
death rate
in major U.S. centers remains unchanged.
Feeding a diet deficient
in nicotinamide, nicotinic acid, and tryptophan to pregnant rats causes
death and resorption
of all
fetuses.
Among the 42 Zika - infected women
in the study, 12 were carrying
fetuses with severe abnormalities, including absence or withering
of brain structures, tissue
death, restricted growth and,
in one case, microcephaly.
A single dose
of a human antibody called ZIKV - 117 can protect mice from
death after Zika infection — and shield mouse
fetuses from the virus's damaging effects, researchers report November 7
in Nature.
Pregnant women are already warned to steer clear
of kitty litter, since the parasite is passed through cat feces and can cause blindness or
death in the
fetus.
Herpes infection manifests
in pregnancy as resorption
of the embryos, abortion
of the
fetuses, stillbirth, or
death of puppies within a few weeks
of life.
Defective products used during pregnancy or delivery, and accidents, such as falls or vehicle collisions, may also result
in injury to and
death of a
fetus.
The negligence
of a driver involved
in a vehicle accident that results
in injury to and resultant
death of a
fetus, for example, may be held liable
in a negligence action for the
death of the
fetus.
If a defective product is found to have been a cause
of a
fetus's
death, the manufacturer
of the product and anyone
in the chain
of the product's distribution may be found liable
in a product - liability action for the
fetus's
death.
Such liability can occur, for example, if a product, such as a car that is involved
in a vehicle accident, contains a defect
in manufacture or design and the defect is found to have been a cause
of a
fetus's
death.
The bill, L.D. 327, would give families the opportunity to seek damages
in probate court under wrongful
death statutes if a
fetus that is viable (i.e., has reached at least 24 weeks
of age) dies as a result
of someone else's negligence.
If the delay
in performing an indicated C - section results
in injury or
death to the
fetus as a result
of oxygen deprivation from umbilical cord or placenta complications, for example, the physician responsible for the delay may be found to have been negligent and therefore liable for the
fetus's resultant injury or
death.
Not all birth traumas result
in injury, but the mishandling
of birth traumas or other complications by medical personnel who are assisting
in the birth
of a child may lead to injury or
death of a
fetus or child.
You can only sue for pain and suffering if your injury results
in one
of these examples: a body part loss, major disfigurement or scarring, a displaced fracture, a loss
of a
fetus, permanent injury to a body part or organ such that it can't heal normally, and
death.
And, since women can carry both syphilis and pregnancies, a rise
in syphilis
in this population also means a rise congenital syphilis (the transmission
of syphilis from mother to
fetus), which causes miscarriages, stillbirths, preterm births, neonatal
death, and birth defects.