Contact:
Teresa P. Kelly, Janet, Jenner & Suggs, (512) 328-4276;
teresapkelly@msn.com
Apreill Hartsfield, Southern Poverty Law Center, (334) 782-6624;
apreill.hartsfield@splcenter.org
Anne Tamar-Mattis, Advocates for Informed Choice, (707) 793-1190;
director@aiclegal.org
teresapkelly@msn.com
Apreill Hartsfield, Southern Poverty Law Center, (334) 782-6624;
apreill.hartsfield@splcenter.org
Anne Tamar-Mattis, Advocates for Informed Choice, (707) 793-1190;
director@aiclegal.org
COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Advocates
for Informed Choice (AIC) and pro bono counsel for the private law firms of
Janet, Jenner & Suggs and Steptoe & Johnson LLP filed a lawsuit
today against the South Carolina Department of Social Services, Greenville
Hospital System, Medical University of South Carolina and individual employees
for performing an irreversible and medically unnecessary surgery on an infant
in the state’s care.
Janet, Jenner & Suggs and Steptoe & Johnson LLP filed a lawsuit
today against the South Carolina Department of Social Services, Greenville
Hospital System, Medical University of South Carolina and individual employees
for performing an irreversible and medically unnecessary surgery on an infant
in the state’s care.
The lawsuit, filed in both state and federal court, charges that it was a violation
of the U.S. Constitution when South Carolina doctors working for the state surgically
removed the healthy genital tissue of a 16-month-old child, potentially sterilizing him
and greatly reducing, if not eliminating, his sexual function.
of the U.S. Constitution when South Carolina doctors working for the state surgically
removed the healthy genital tissue of a 16-month-old child, potentially sterilizing him
and greatly reducing, if not eliminating, his sexual function.
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