Comments on: When docs treat women as “pre-pregnant” http://overlawyered.com/2008/08/when-docs-treat-women-as-pre-pregnant/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:26:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ted Frank http://overlawyered.com/2008/08/when-docs-treat-women-as-pre-pregnant/comment-page-1/#comment-28164 Ted Frank Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:11:55 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7480#comment-28164 As <a href="http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/do-doctors-view-women-as-pre-pregnant/#comment-102023" rel="nofollow">one comment notes</a>, "I’m pretty sure the statute of limitations for malpractice suits on damage to children is a solid 18 years. Given that, is it a surprise that doctors are nervous about prescribing ANYTHING to a woman of child-bearing age? I say this both as a physician and a woman of child-bearing age who is well protected against pregnancy." As one comment notes, “I’m pretty sure the statute of limitations for malpractice suits on damage to children is a solid 18 years. Given that, is it a surprise that doctors are nervous about prescribing ANYTHING to a woman of child-bearing age? I say this both as a physician and a woman of child-bearing age who is well protected against pregnancy.”

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