I was sued by a woman who claimed that she became pregnant because she watched me on television and I bent her contraceptive coil.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Unfortunately, no matter how frivolous the lawsuit, you still, of course, have to pay people to defend you on it.
Was I a perfect gastric-bypass patient? Yes. Was I a perfect gastric-bypass pregnant woman? No. I made a decision to enjoy my pregnancy... So sue me!
And as soon as I did the research, I realized the law seemed to be on my side and I filed the suit.
I met with my lawyers. They gave me all the wrong advice. For a long time I refused to accept the child was mine. I should have met her, arranged a DNA test and accepted my responsibility.
I was proud to share the stories of my friends at Georgetown Law who have suffered dire medical consequences because our student insurance does not cover contraception for the purpose of preventing pregnancy.
I put out a call on Twitter and Facebook and email for women to tell me their stories about their abortions. And many women said, 'I told my boyfriend I was pregnant, and that was the last I ever heard of them.'
If you're hit with a lawsuit that's untrue and the reasons you're hit with it aren't clear to you, there's a very big inclination on people's part to want to take responsibility for it - that this must be happening because I'm a terrible person, I did something, and I'm getting repaid for it.
But the courts have dismissed the lawsuits against me and Lee Brown.
You have undertaken to cheat me. I won't sue you, for the law is too slow. I'll ruin you.
I wasn't sued out of medicine, I wasn't arbitrated out of the profession.