Doctor to Pay Child Support for Shoddy Workmanship

You break it, you bought it.

A court ruled on Wednesday, that the gynecologist who botched a contraceptive implant operation is responsible to pay child support for a 3 year old boy. The mother, plaintiff, and former patient will receive 600 Euros (approx. $769) per month for up to 18 years.

The device installed in the woman was supposed to protect against pregnancy for 3 years, but within 6 months the malfunctioning device could no longer be found in the woman's body.

What the hell is it? A sperm guided laser? Dunno.

Well, newspapers are thrilled that doctors can now be held accountable for professional workmanship the same way as "a shoddy plumber," – gotta love the comparison, right? – but the newspaper was a little torn on the other implications...

While it should be welcomed that a doctor can now be held to account in the same way as a shoddy plumber, the newspaper said, how could a child whose parents had sought damages for its birth ever come to terms with the situation?

The German Newspaper Die Welt feels bad for the boy:

"In addition to the highly private inkling that he was not wanted by his parents, he now has official confirmation that he was born by mistake," Die Welt also said.

I hope the boy can take some consolation in the fact that most people are here by mistake. Children, people, many of you were mistakes. Get over it. Your mommies and daddies still love you. They might no longer love each other because of you, but they still love you, and that's what's important.

In addition to the child support owed, which includes 3 years of back pay the ruling concluded that the biological father should be compensated for the maintenance he was paying for the child.

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