Doctors not obliged to call embryos 'unique living beings': US court

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WASHINGTON (AFP) — A US state supreme court ruled Wednesday against a woman who had brought a malpractice suit against her doctor for not telling her she was carrying "a complete, unique, irreplaceable human being" before performing an abortion.

Plaintiff Rosa Acuna consulted her gynecologist, Sheldon Turkish, in 1996 in New Jersey, complaining of abdominal pain.

On examining Acuna, who has two daughters, Turkish told her she was around seven weeks pregnant.

A few days later, Acuna returned to Turkish's medical practice and asked him to terminate the pregnancy.

She subsequently filed a complaint against him, accusing the doctor of not adequately informing her that her unborn child was "a complete, separate, unique and irreplaceable human being," and...