Kimberly Turbin (seen here with her son) has filed a lawsuit against Dr. Alex Abbassi; she alleges he gave her a forced episiotomy during labor in 2013. (Photo: Lindsay Askins at spotofserendipity.com ...

An anonymous woman whose birth video captured her doctor giving her a forced episiotomy plans to sue him for assault and battery, thanks to a crowd-funding campaign and a support team decrying the way ...

Emilee Strezinski suffered a severe tear into her anus from the episiotomy and still ended up needing an emergency C-section to deliver her child.

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A 27-year-old woman is suing her doctor for assault and battery after he performed an episiotomy — a formerly routine and now largely dissuaded birth practice during which an incision is made in the ...