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Aug 2015
Woman Gets Pregnant After Clinic Mixes Up Birth Control Shot And Flu Shot: Lawsuit
A Seattle woman filed a lawsuit last week alleging that a health clinic mistakenly gave her a flu shot instead of a birth control injection, after which she got pregnant. Yesenia Pacheco went to a Neighborcare clinic in September for a routine shot of Depo-Provera, a hormonal form of birth control that she was scheduled…
Aug 2015
Seattle woman sues clinic for getting flu shot, instead of birth control injection
SEATTLE — A Seattle woman claims a big mistake made by staff at a Seattle community clinic left her with a flu shot instead of a birth control injection. The woman says the federal government needs to pay for her unwanted pregnancy. Yesenia Pacheco loves her 3-year-old daughter, Sandra. But her third child was not…